U-14 drops three one-goal games in Colorado

The Sidney Soccer Club Black Hawks U-14 team had a long day on Saturday with three consecutive games at Sterling (Colo.) Middle School.

To make matters more exhausting - and more interesting - is that each of the three games went right down to the final whistle. Unfortunately for the locals, they came up on the short end of three one-goal games.

Sidney took on its first challenge with a 10:30 a.m. start time against Haxtun, Colo. Despite a solid first half, the Black Hawks dropped a 4-3 decision. Junior Balandran, however, gave Sidney a spark in the first half with a pair of goals. In fact the...