STATE CUP: Thorns 2009 girls capture Idaho state title
Photo by LARISSA KERLEY Katie Kovatch, left, of the Thorns North FC 2009 girls soccer team scored the game-winning goal off a free kick in the championship of the Idaho State Cup last weekend in Boise.
Courtesy photo The Thorns North 2009 girls won the Idaho State Cup championship on Sunday in Boise with a 1-0 defeat of the Idaho Rush 09 Elite 64 in double overtime. Katie Kovatch scored the game-winning goal in overtime, and goalkeeper Savannah Spencer logged 18 saves and a clean sheet in the match. With the victory, the Thorns qualified to represent Idaho in the U.S. Youth Soccer Far West President's Cup in Salt Lake City on June 14-18. In the front is goalkeeper Savannah Spencer; first row from left, Madeline Witherwax, Lucia Barton, Anna Katherine Christman, Aspen Liddiard, Chloe Murph…
The Thorns North 2009 girls won the Idaho State Cup championship on Sunday in Boise with a 1-0 defeat of the Idaho Rush 09 Elite 64 in double overtime.
Courtesy photo The Thorns North 2009 girls won the Idaho State Cup championship on Sunday in Boise with a 1-0 defeat of the Idaho Rush 09 Elite 64 in double overtime. Katie Kovatch scored the game-winning goal in overtime, and goalkeeper Savannah Spencer logged 18 saves and a clean sheet in the match. With the victory, the Thorns qualified to represent Idaho in the U.S. Youth Soccer Far West President's Cup in Salt Lake City on June 14-18. In the front is goalkeeper Savannah Spencer; first row from left, Madeline Witherwax, Lucia Barton, Anna Katherine Christman, Aspen Liddiard, Chloe Murphree, Audrey Linder and Samantha Leaverton; and back row from left, coach Ty Kovatch, Katie Kovatch, Addyson Kerley, Phinalley Voigt, Taryn Young, Nell Hutchins, Adelynn Blessing, Ellia May, Olivia Smith and coach Dan Linder.