100 Mile House was recently awarded a high school boys regional soccer championship this fall.
Peter Skene Ogden Secondary School (PSO) was granted the North Central zones, kicking off Oct. 30-31, at a North Central District Athletics Association meeting on June 23.
The school is already slated to host the girls championships in May 2016.
A majority of the games will be played at the Soccer Park in 100 Mile House, but PSO home games during school days will be played at the school to get a good crowd and school spirit going, says teacher and coach Sean Glanville.
"I think it's been quite a while since PSO has hosted a zone championship tournament for one of the major sports. For us to be hosting two in the same year will be phenomenal for both our soccer programs and the soccer community here in 100 Mile House."
The boys didn't have a soccer team last year because of the teacher strike. Next fall, the boys will start practices basically the first day back to school in early September.
Glanville is hoping that hosting zones will entice some of the better athletes around the school to join the team.
“I know we have some talent around the school, but we are pretty much starting from scratch. I'm hoping we can come a long way in just the six weeks to prepare for zones and be able to field a competitive squad.”