Moose Jaw High School Soccer action last season at Sunningdale Field. (file photo)

Another exciting season of Moose Jaw High School Girls Soccer is upon us with the opening games coming up on the weekend.

The teams have spent the last couple weeks going through try-outs and practicing up for the season ahead.

League commissioner Sandi Hutchinson says they will be playing a compact schedule this season, "We're losing a week due to the late start to (the school year), so we've got a cramped season, but we're all really excited about it."

The league will feature six teams again this year as Vanier, Central and Peacock will field teams in the city and Swift Current, Estevan and Weyburn are travelling from out-of-town.

The Swift Current Ardens come into the season as the defending champions and have won five of the last six league titles.  Hutchinson says she expects them to be the favourites again this year, "I think they're going to come back very strong again, along with Weyburn.  They have comprehensive high schools, so all their kids go to the one school, but we're splitting all our talent up between three schools.

"We've got some up and coming talent (in Moose Jaw) from our Grade 9s, so that's going to be good."

The year kicks off with four games at Sunningdale Field on Saturday with Swift Current squaring off with Weyburn and Peacock taking on Estevan at 10:30am, and then Estevan facing on Swift Current and Peacock battling Weyburn at 2:45pm.

The league playoffs start on Tuesday, October 9th and then the league final is a week later on October 16th.  The annual Soccerfest Tournament, which sees 16-teams coming into town, is coming up in a couple of weeks on Friday, September 21st.

2012 Moose Jaw High School Girls Soccer Schedule:
Saturday, September 8
Swift Current vs. Weyburn - 10:30am - Sunningdale West
Estevan vs. Peacock - 10:30am - Sunningdale East
Estevan vs. Swift Current - 2:45pm - Sunningdale West
Weyburn vs. Peacock - 2:45pm - Sunningdale East

Tuesday, September 11
Central vs. Vanier - 4:30pm - Sunningdale West
Weyburn vs. Estevan - 4:30pm - Estevan

Thursday, September 13
Central vs. Swift Current - 4:30pm - Swift Current
Peacock vs. Vanier - 4:30pm - Sunningdale East

Saturday, September 15
Vanier vs. Estevan - 10:30am - Estevan
Peacock vs. Weyburn - 10:30am - Weyburn
Peacock vs. Estevan - 3:00pm - Estevan
Vanier vs. Weyburn - 3:00pm - Weyburn

Tuesday, September 18
Weyburn vs. Central - 4:30pm - Sunningdale West
Peacock vs. Swift Current - 4:30pm - Swift Current

Tuesday, September 25
Estevan vs. Weyburn - 4:30pm - Weyburn
Swift Current vs. Central - 4:30pm - Sunningdale West
Vanier vs. Peacock - 4:30pm - Sunningdale East

Saturday, September 29
Swift Current vs. Vanier - 10:30am - Sunningdale East
Estevan vs. Central - 10:30am - Sunningdale West
Swift Current vs. Estevan - 2:45pm - Sunningdale East
Central vs. Vanier - 2:45pm - Sunningdale West

Tuesday, October 2
Central vs. Weyburn - 4:15pm - Weyburn

Thursday, October 4
Central vs. Peacock - 4:15pm - Sunningdale East
Vanier vs. Swift Current - 4:15pm - Swift Current

Tuesday, October 9 - Quaterfinals at Sunningdale Field

Thursday, October 11 - Semifinals at Sunningdale Field

Tuesday, October 16 - League Finals at Sunningdale Field

October 19-20 - SHSAA Regional Tournaments

October 26-27 - SHSAA Provincial Tournaments