The SCA 98 Girls North team, coached by Trevor White, was victorious with a 4-3 win over Lamorinda United to win the NorCal State Cup U13 Girls Gold 3 Championship on Sunday, February 13th.  Congrats to the girls Alex, Alexa, Alice, Clara, Emma, Haley, Hannah, Lia, Lilly, Lulu, Miranda, Nicole, Sarah, Symone, Tess, Yanely and Coach Trevor!  It was a hard fought battle, for more details please read on...

About 10 minutes into the first half Symone Groll-Nevel dribble through the Lamorinda defenders and put one into the back of the net, which was immediately followed by a Lamorinda goal to tie it at 1-1. Then Haley Barker blasted a beautiful goal over the goalie’s head from outside the penalty box on a free kick. Minutes later, Lamorinda scored again the exact same way.  With about five minutes left in the half, Alex Rooney connected with a great shot to the left corner of the goal to put SCA up 3-2 at halftime.  The second half continued to be a battle and goalkeeper, Alice Gacegu, was taking a beating as she was determined to defend the goal.  The score remained the same until Symone Groll-Nevel put in another goal, to bring the score to 4-2. With seconds left on the clock Lamorinda put in their last goal on a penalty kick. The whistle blew and SCA won 4-3!