Weiser boys soccer is always an SRV contender
Weiser high school boys soccer team hopes to have a strong showing in the SRV this season.
Coach Kathy Bokides is returning for her 21st year as head coach of the Wolverines. With eight seniors and 11 returning varsity and 25 total players the Wolverines look forward to taking the field with a solid depth of talent.
Bokides expects that this year will be similar to last year for the Wolverines in that while there won’t be any standouts, they will have a solid well-rounded team.
“The team has played together for a long time. They have bonded and play well as a team,” Bokides said
The team has always worked hard for success, but they also have a lot of fun and the players see each other like family.
The leaders will be seniors Jordan Watkins, Triston Kautz, and Cris Cornejo.
Bokides also shared that while COVID-19 forced the team to work on individual skills this summer, that was a good thing. The kids were also eager to have something to do, and she saw incredible improvement in their ball handling skills in both footwork and passing.
Just as they have in the past, the Wolverines will spend a lot of time on penalty kicks. Bokides said penalty kicks have been key strengths for both kickers and the keepers.
Bokides said the boys are in great shape and will be spending the week working on pulling all of the individual skills into solid teamwork and defensive and offensive combinations.
The team will play their first game against Emmett on Thursday, Aug. 27. Bokides expects it to be one of the toughest games of the season, although she expects that Fruitland will also be a solid competitor.
COVID-19 has definitely changed the Wolverines game schedule. The team has had the opportunity to have Columbia High School on the schedule, but that game was taken off the schedule as well as all Oregon games and even in the SRV, Payette doesn’t have enough players to field a team. This means the Wolverines are down to seven games.
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