The Mining City FC U11 co-ed soccer team is this week’s Leskovar Honda Athletes of the Week.

The honors come after the team competed in the Park City Extreme Cup in Park City, Utah. Most of the players from the Butte team are playing competitive travel soccer for the first time. The tournament marked the first out-of-state competition for all 11 players.

The Mining City FC team, sponsored by Andrews Orthodontic, was the only co-ed team in the tournament, and head coach Mike Maeser said the team was able to compete with some much larger teams from the Salt Lake City metro area. The Butte boys and girls finished with a 1-2 record, but Maeser said all three games were very competitive.

Boys on the team are Ryker Beardslee, Kavren Burmeister, Kysen Burmeister, Brendan Byrne, Owen Conlan, Tyson Coyne, Ryken Kuchtyn and Liam Maesar. The girls on the team are Jaelee Devine, Anna Forrelli and Kourtney Johnson. Beardslee, Kuchtyn and Maesar scored goals for the Butte team. Johnson, Conlan, Devine and the Burmeister twins were solid on defense, Coach Maesar said, and Byrne was incredible at goal keeper. Forrelli and Coyne were dominant in the midfield to start the Butte attacks.

Coach Maesar was assisted by his son, Aiden.

For the third year, Leskovar Honda, home of the 20-year, 200,000-mile warranty, is teaming up with the ButteCast to honor the finest student-athletes from the Mining City to encourage more children to get up, get out and try all kinds of sports and activities.