Soccer stars

In an exciting weekend tournament, the Albion Hurricanes FC 2012 Premier 1 soccer team came out as champions at the Cavalry Aggie Classic Tournament. The team is made up of girls from Rummel Creek Elementary, Memorial Drive Elementary, The Kinkaid School, Frostwood Elementary School, St. Francis Episcopal Day School, Duchesne Academy of the Sacred Heart, and Wilchester Elementary School. Pictured are (back row, from left) Baker Bechtol, Piper Bowden, Brynn Eastman, Maddy Plumhoff, Marcela Melendez; (front row, from left) Claire Sherman, Marissa Gan, Maddie Bayliss, and Hannah Thorton. Not pictured: coach Axel de Buyl. The girls play in the United Soccer Club league during the year, playing up against teams born in 2011. They have made it to the championship in all three of the tournaments they have played in this season.

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