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Bombers drop opener, Lewis scores equalizer in 1-1 tie against Aldergrove

The Nelson Daily Sports
By The Nelson Daily Sports
November 20th, 2012

The worst possible nightmare came true for the L.V. Rogers Bombers at the B.C. High School AA Boy’s Soccer Championships.

A tired and weary Bomber squad, fresh from a weekend Whitecaps Regional camp, fell 3-0 to Okanagan Mission to open the 16-team tournament Monday in Burnaby.

LVR managed to bounce back in game two, riding a Ryan Lewis goal to tie Aldergrove 1-1.

“Got (to Burnaby) at 2 a.m. (Monday),” said coach Dave Spendlove, who along with son Jamie, form the sideline staff of the Kootenay champs.

“It rained non stop and the boys did not play well losing the first game to Kelowna.”

The Bomber worlds collided last week when tournament organizers moved up the AA championships two days. The decision meant most of the Bombers would be in Vernon Saturday and Sunday for the Caps training before traveling late Sunday night for the Lower Mainland.

Added to the bad luck was the fact LVR was scheduled to open the tournament Monday at 9:30 a.m.

“Against Kelowna we started off like deer in the headlights but came into the game and should have gone in half time two goals up,” Spendlove explained.

In the second half, however, it was Kelowna going up early after LVR failed to clear the ball properly following an Okanagan Mission corner.

OKM scored twice on defensive errors by the Bombers to put the game away. The goals cam after LVR missed on a three-on-one opportunity.

Game two started like game one ended with Aldergrove granted a gift goal to open the contest.

That was it for Aldergrove as the Bombers took over the game, pressuring the Fraser Valley team the rest of the game.

The tying marker came following a six-way passing play with Lewis calmly depositing the ball into the vacant net.

LVR returns to the pitch Tuesday to conclude the round robin draw with a game against West Van’s Sentinel.

The playoff round follows Tuesday afternoon with the final seeding games set for Wednesday.
 

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