Girls Soccer action this season (file photo)

It's the biggest high school girls soccer tournament in the province and it's in Moose Jaw this weekend.  16 teams are in the Friendly City for the start of Soccerfest 2012 on Friday.

Tournament commissioner Sandi Hutchinson says this tournament brings in some top notch competition from around the province and really helps the local teams get better.

"It gives us an opportunity to play some of the bigger teams in the province," said Hutchinson.  "The Moose Jaw teams are mostly 2A, of course Estevan, Swift Current and Weyburn are all 3A schools and are a part of our league, but this gives us some competition and lets us see what's going on around the province."

Soccerfest is now heading into its 12th year and has continued to grow each year, "We have three teams still on our waiting list waiting to come into the tournament.  Every year, the word gets out there that Moose Jaw runs the best tournament in the province and we always have different cities and areas wanting to come into the tournament."

The three Moose Jaw teams; Central, Peacock and Vanier, will all be taking part.  There will be three teams coming down from Prince Albert, there's two Regina schools and then one from Saskatoon, Balgonie, Yorkton, Weyburn, Notre Dame, Lloydminster and Estevan.

"We're playing at the two Sunningdale Fields and then on the two fields at Smith Park," adds Hutchinson.

The busy couple of days gets started on Friday morning at 10:30am with games happening at both Sunningdale and Smith Fields.  There's games throughout the day on Friday with the finals going on Saturday at 3:00pm.


Tournament Schedule:
Friday:
Pool 1: Regina LeBoldus, Balgonie Greenall, Yorkton Sacred Heart, Weyburn
10:30    LeBoldus        vs    Greenall         Sunningdale West
10:30    Sacred Heart  vs    Weyburn        Sunningdale East
1:30      LeBoldus        vs    Weyburn        Sunningdale West
1:30      Greenall         vs    Sacred Heart  Sunningdale East
4:30      Sacred Heart  vs    LeBoldus        Sunningdale West
4:30      Weyburn        vs    Greenall         Sunningdale East

Pool 2: Swift Current, Prince Albert St Mary 2, Notre Dame, Moose Jaw Central
10:30    Swift Current   vs    St Mary 2        Smith West
10:30    Notre Dame     vs    Central           Smith East
1:30      Swift Current   vs    Central           Smith West
1:30      St Mary 2        vs    Notre Dame     Smith East
4:30      Notre Dame    vs    Swift Current    Smith West
4:30      Central           vs    St Mary 2         Smith East

Pool 3: Saskatoon Evan Hardy, Lloydminster Holy Rosary, Prince Albert Carlton, Moose Jaw Vanier
12:00    Evan Hardy    vs    Holy Rosary    Sunningdale East
12:00    Carlton          vs    Vanier            Sunningdale West
3:00      Evan Hardy    vs    Vanier            Sunningdale East
3:00      Holy Rosary   vs    Carlton           Sunningdale West
6:00      Carlton          vs    Evan Hardy     Sunningdale East    
6:00      Vanier           vs    Holy Rosary     Sunningdale West

Pool 4: Prince Albert St Mary, Estevan, Regina Campbell, Moose Jaw AE Peacock
12:00    St Mary        vs    Estevan          Smith East
12:00    Campbell      vs    AE Peacock     Smith West
3:00      St Mary        vs    AE Peacock     Smith East
3:00      Estevan        vs    Campbell        Smith West
6:00      Campbell      vs    St Mary          Smith East
6:00      AE Peacock   vs    Estevan          Smith West

Saturday:
Semifinal Games:
4th Place Pool:
4th place finisher in Pool 1 vs 4th place finisher in Pool 3 - 9:00am - Smith East
4th place finisher in Pool 2 vs 4th place finisher in Pool 4 - 9:00am - Smith West

3rd Place Pool:
3rd place finisher in Pool 1 vs 3rd place finisher in Pool 3 - 9:00am - Sunningdale East
3rd place finisher in Pool 2 vs 3rd place finisher in Pool 4 - 9:00am - Sunningdale West

2nd Place Pool:
2nd place finisher in Pool 1 vs 2nd place finisher in Pool 3 - 11:00am - Smith East
2nd place finisher in Pool 2 vs 2nd place finisher in Pool 4 - 11:00am - Smith West

1st Place Pool:
1st place finisher in Pool 1 vs 1st place finisher in Pool 3 - 11:00am - Sunningdale East
1st place finisher in Pool 2 vs 1st place finisher in Pool 4 - 11:00am - Sunningdale West

Consolation & Championship Games:
4th Place Pool - Consolation Game - 1:00pm - Smith East
4th Place Pool - Championship Game - 1:00pm - Smith West

3rd Place Pool - Consolation Game - 1:00pm - Sunningdale East
3rd Place Pool - Championship Game - 1:00pm - Sunningdale West

2nd Place Pool - Consolation Game - 3:00pm - Smith East
2nd Place Pool - Championship Game - 3:00pm - Smith West

1st Place Pool - Consolation Game - 3:00pm - Sunningdale East
1st Place Pool - Championship Game - 3:00pm - Sunningdale West