Balance Point youth soccer team wins Skagit Valley title

Nothing in life is perfect.

But the Balance Point girls’ U-12 soccer team is about as close as it gets. They went 6-0-2 in league action – outscoring foes by a cumulative 32-13 margin.

The La Conner club then won two playoff games at the Skagit River Park Playfields in Burlington on Saturday, capturing the Skagit Valley Youth Soccer crown in its age division.

Balance Point beat Mestizos Mexican Restaurant of Sedro-Woolley 1-0 in the semifinals. Maicy Bowles scored the lone goal in the hard-fought match, a defensive struggle played in cold, rainy conditions.

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