Elks State Soccer Shoot scheduled for Saturday

Six Greater Nashua Elks Soccer Shoot champions will compete for the New Hampshire Elks Soccer Shoot title in their respective divisions on Saturday, Oct. 17 at Portsmouth High School.

Local competitors include 13-year-old Joey Morse, U14 boys grid champion; 8-year-old Beau Dubois, U10 boys five-goal champion; 7-year-old Maxim Makar, U8 boys five-goal champion; 13-year-old Olivia Krisak, U14 girls grid champion; 11-year old Carly Morse, U12 girls grid goal champion and 8-year-old Lilly Rumrill, U10 girls five-goal champion.

Registration begins at 1:30 p.m. while competition begins at 2 p.m.

The U8 and the U10 champions will compete in the five-goal soccer shoot with each kicking 15 shots for score. U8s will kick from a distance of 15 feet and the U10s from 18 feet, with the five goals ranging from 48 inches wide down to 17 inches wide.

The U12 and the U14 champions will kick from 36 feet at a grid goal with assorted size openings that will be attached to the front of a regulation 24-foot soccer goal. Contestants will have 15 kicks for score.

The state U-8, U-10, U-12 and U-14 winners will advance to the Area One Regional Soccer Shoot competition in Windor, Conn. on Saturday, Nov. 7. This is the final level of Elks Soccer Shoots.