Team Willis won the Snowflake/Taylor Youth Soccer Program 11 to 14-year-old boys’ tournament championship. The team included Devin Willis, Ryan Kay, Payson Stepp, Kika Burt, Brydon Hatch, Preston Yazzie, Tyler Peterson, Adam Palmer, Dallin Hatch, Kaiden Brewer, John Houston, Tate Huff, Caleb Gierr, Evan Kinde, Shandin Hatch and Coaches Jason Willis and Todd Burt.
Team Loya won the Snowflake/Taylor Youth Soccer Program 11 to 14-year-old girls’ tournament championship. The team included Angelica Loya, Paulina Loya, Marquisha Nes, Valeria Lopez, Samantha Rencher, Camelia Nicolls, Marali Lujan, Austin Hall, Desiree Montejana, Kenna Lewis, Rebekah Gresko, Emma Hatch, Paige Rogers, Kaylee Traver, Lexi Erving, April Goss and Coach Juan Loya.
Forty-three teams involving some 611 youth participated in this year’s Snowflake/Taylor Youth Soccer Program. The teams were broken down into groups including 5 and 6 year olds, 7 and 8 year olds, 9 and 10-year-old girls, 9 and 10-year-old boys, 11 to 14-year-old girls and 11 to 14-year-old boys. For seven weeks participants and spectators enjoyed the 24 games that were played each Saturday. In total, 170 games were played.
The Snowflake/Taylor Recreation and Parks Department would like to thank all those coaches who gave their time to the program, including Lora Jones, Kaylinn Rodriguez, Kiara Vowell, Jeff and Krista Reidhead, Lyndsay Lyman, Vincent and Lynnetta Montemurro, Cheryl Tenney, Shaunalee Proter, Chris Willis, John Vigil, Jessica Despain, Jarod and Jessica Farnsworth, John and Jessica Houston, Kaisha Woodside, Jacob Abney, Tricia Russell, David Orr, Maggie Villalba, Ryan Lunt, Jamie Givens, Beau Porter, Michelle Hunt, David Bowman, Devin Haws, Larry Yarn, Tressa Abbott, Alex Amaya, Trent Clatterbuck, Kourtney Butler, Cyndee Nichols, Jesse Lackey, Thomas Kurtz, Aaron Prestwich, Dean Erichsen, Chris Chaiez, Chico Svarez, Robert Johnston, Juan Loay, Jason Mulder, Chrisha Peck, Cari Barberich, Jason Willis, Tiffany Villalba, Shela Ford and all of their assistants.