Lady Wolverines have depth with large roster

The lady Wolverines girls soccer team will hit the field with a large team of 32 players filling the JV and varsity teams this fall. Bernie Weldon has been coaching the Wolverines for four years and is assisted by coaches Damon Courtois and Trine Lønberg.
 With six seniors and  eight returning varsity players, coach Weldon believes the biggest strengths of the Wolverines will be positive attitudes, strong work ethic and coachability. Team captains Jenifer Juarez and Melissa Sandoval will lead the way but Weldon feels that even the less experienced players can overcome their lack of experience with those three important characteristics.
 Weldon shared that as with all the sports, COVID-19 has affected almost everything they do as a soccer team. Originally the team had planned to go to College of Idaho for a camp, but with their campus shut down, those plans had to change.  
 Fortunately, the Yotes head girls soccer coach was still able to come to Weiser to do the camp here. With spacing and other COVID-19 precautions in place, the camp was much different than most, but the girls were still able to improve their ball handling skills.
 The biggest effect of COVID-19 has been changes to the game schedule. With all Oregon games cancelled, the team will no longer play Baker, Ontario or La Grande this year. Even with some limited travel, the team will face some tough competition both in and out of the SRV league this season.
 The team will be traveling for the first time to Sun Valley to play Sun Valley Community School this year. This is exciting because the team usually sees the community school at the state tournament, but has never gotten to see the team before the tournament before.
 Weldon also shared that every single team in  the SRV has improved every year, so the district competition will be tough. With McCall officially joining the SRV conference this year, the district tournament will be held in McCall for the first time in many years.
 The Wolverines will open their season against the  Emmett Huskies at home.  Weldon said that since this will be the first time the Wolverines have played Emmett in several years, they don’t really know what to expect.
 At this point in the season, however, the team is mostly focused on the fundamentals of defense, offense, formations and passing.