New program at Comp sees great results for athletics

The team has a mix of players with experience, and players that are brand new to the game. Currently, the Comp does have a girls soccer team set up in their athletics, but moving the sport over for the boys to play is something that the school hasn’t had. Their exhibition schedule has consisted of games against Meadow Lake, Lloydminster (E.S. Laird), the junior boys team from John Paul II and senior girls from John Paul II.

For Huxley, it’s all about creating the building blocks to have the athletics program grow and succeed.

“We’ve created this awesome foundation of kids who know how to play soccer, and kids who are new to soccer,” she said. “We were testing out the waters, hoping we could do well and build interest for next year as well.”

In moving to the future, Huxley has big goals for the program. Playing in high school athletics not only gives students an opportunity to balance their academic and athletic lives, but also a glimpse into their post secondary future. Huxley hopes that students grab the opportunity and run with it.

“It would be amazing to continue male soccer at the Comp, to give students different opportunities to play sports while in school,” she said. “A lot of the other high schools are (getting interest from University athletics), and hopefully we can get on the same page, as they have other students from other sports at the Comp that have had that opportunity.”

The team wraps up their season on Thursday against Meadow Lake at 4 p.m. at the North Comp Field.

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by Brady Lang

New program at Comp sees great results for athletics

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