COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) – Hundreds of youth soccer players and their families were in Coldwater over the weekend as Branch County Region 1289 American Youth Soccer Organization (AYSO) hosted the annual Section 8 Tournament. Teams came from all over the state of Michigan, although 13 teams from the local region participated.
54 total teams took part in the three day tournament, ranging from U-10 to U-19. U-19 games were played at the city of Coldwater Herritage Park fields off Northshore Drive, while the rest of the games were played at the AYSO Creal Soccer Complex at the corner of State and Marshall. Coldwater last hosted the tournament three years ago.
Branch County teams took first place in both the U-19 and U-14 girls divisions. The winning teams in each age group:
U10B 1st Grass Lake 2nd Tri County Vikings 3rd Coldwater Crushers 4th Blue Lightning
U10G 1st Bombers 2 Red Vipers 3rd Flushing 4th Lease Pro’s
U12B 1st Choas 2nd Travelbee Farms (Coldwater) 3rd Byron Center 4th Tri County Vikings
U12G 1st Green Machine 2nd MC United 3rd JA Clark Electric(Coldwater) 4th Stingrays
U14B 1st Pullman Cardinals 2nd Kentwood Sentinels 3rd Flushing 4th Panthers (Coldwater)
U14G 1st Highlighters (Coldwater) 2nd Orange Crush (Coldwater) 3rd TC Vikings 4th Extreme Caution
U19C 1st Swampthing (Coldwater) 2nd Kentwood United 3rd Cal Scots 4th Newaygo Rush
