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Winner, winner, Wildcat dinner

The Super Soccer format has been happening since 1993, even though the NWT School Soccer Championships had been happening before its current format.

Mitchell Elliott of Range Lake North cradles the ball after making a stop during the Grade 7 boys final of Diavik Junior Super Soccer at St. Pat's Gymnasium on Sunday. - James McCarthy/NNSL photo
Mitchell Elliott of Range Lake North cradles the ball after making a stop during the Grade 7 boys final of Diavik Junior Super Soccer at St. Pat's Gymnasium on Sunday. - James McCarthy/NNSL photo

In all those years, no school had ever swept the board to win every single championship up for grabs.

William McDonald School gave it a go this year and missed out by one banner.

The Wildcats captured five of the six banners up for grabs on Sunday, winning the Grade 6 boys, Grade 6 girls, Grade 7 girls, Grade 8 boys and Grade 8 girls titles in one of the most impressive showings ever seen.

Darren Wicks, the school's phys-ed teacher, said the mood around the school Monday morning was one of pride but also accomplishment because they had done it without stacking a team.

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Both Grade 6 finals were all-Wildcats affairs, guaranteeing two banners for the school. The Grade 7 girls final saw one of the school's two teams end up in the final against the Kugluktuk Grizzlies, which ended in a 6-2 triumph for the Wildcats.

Both of the school's teams ended up playing each other in the semifinals and Brianna Brenton was on the wrong end of the decision.

Still, she said seeing the banners up at the school made the feeling a little better.

SA国际影视传媒淚 saw them and thought 'We almost had them all',SA国际影视传媒 she said.

The Grade 8 girls team took down St. Pat's to win that banner while the Grade 8 boys defeated Haines Junction, Yukon by a score of 6-2 to cop the championship.

Arjun Budgell was on the winning side and said it didn't start out well but they changed things up offensively and it seemed to work.

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Budgell's outfit didn't have a very impressive showing in the round-robin as they went into the playoffs finishing third in their pool but found their groove once elimination soccer came into play.

SA国际影视传媒淥nce we started winning, we started playing well as a team,SA国际影视传媒 he said.

So if William McDonald missed out on one banner for the sweep, who got the sixth one?

It was Range Lake North that defeated St. Joe's by a score of 3-2 in a cracker of a final that featured the Hoyas come from two down at halftime to win it.

Chris Pyke coached the Hoyas to victory and said his key players came through when it mattered.

SA国际影视传媒淭ysen Almond got it going and he was one of our best players on offence,SA国际影视传媒 he said. SA国际影视传媒淗e scored at least 20 goals in the tournament and he came up big when we needed it.SA国际影视传媒
As much as the offence came through at the right time, plenty of credit needs to go to goalkeeper Mitchell Elliott, who stonewalled the St. Joe's attack in the second half. Elliott stopped a penalty kick and the ensuing rebound point-blank, following that up with no less than four more game-saving stops down the stretch.

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