WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Junior Jada Dwyre scored or assisted all four of St. Francis varsity's goals in wins over Ponderosa and host River City on the first day of the 13th-annual Raider Cup Classic girls' soccer tournament Friday. The Troubadour varsity and Gold junior varsity teams each went 2-0 for the day, while JV Red lost both of its matchups.

The Raider Cup Classic consists of both varsity and JV field, each consisting of four groups of three team pools.

The SF varsity crew shut out Ponderosa by a 1-0 final in its morning game, with Dwyre assisting Barger on a long throw-in for the contest's only goal. The Troubies then dispatched the Raiders by a 3-1 final in their Friday nightcap. Dwyre had the finish on a feed from senior Mia Barsotti in the ninth minute, set up Yasmin Azar with a cross less than a minute later, then repeated her throw-in assist to Barger in the 17th.

JV Gold scored the maximum points in the tournament standings, thanks to a 3-0 win over Inderkum followed by a 10-0 victory against Liberty Ranch. Freshman Nassali Serwanga scored her first career Troubie goal on a free kick to lead off the opener against the Tigers, then Madeline Squaglia netted a score in each half. JV Gold followed with double-digit offense against the Hawks. Angelina Chavez and Holland Sperber each recorded a brace, Lily Hall posted two assists, while Squaglia, Lacey Harmon, Mia Nelson, Ryleigh Czerniec, Olivia Hamm and Audrey Deelstra each scored a goal.

Meanwhile, St. Francis' JV Red – a chiefly frosh-soph team – also competed in the JV portion of the Raider Cup tourney, falling by a 5-0 final to Ponderosa, then losing by a 4-0 score against River City.

The tournament standings are determined by the following system: six points for a win, three points for a tie, no points for a loss, one bonus point for a shutout win or tie, and one point per goal scored (up to three in a game). St. Francis varsity scored 17 points, edging Inderkum (16) for the lead heading into Saturday's action. JV Gold posted the maximum 20 points to match host River City for first place, with Vacaville (19) and Franklin (18) giving chase.

JV Gold will begin the Troubies' day against Rocklin at 8:30 a.m. on Saturday. JV Red will wrap up its tourney against Del Campo at 11 a.m., the varsity also takes on Del Campo at 1:30 p.m. Each of the JV and varsity tourneys have first- and third-place games, with the aforementioned point total determining those seedings.

River City has a tournament website at https://rchsraidercup.my.canva.site/girlssoccer.