2022-23 Prep Girls Soccer Player Of The Year: Catching On To Her Position

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Playing goalkeeper because her team had none 5 years ago, Raiders’ Vaillancourt has improved each year

  • Crescent City goalkeeper Alaina Vaillancourt stopped 173 shots during the past season and had a 1.22 goals-per game average. (MARK BLUMENTHAL / Palatka Daily News)
    Crescent City goalkeeper Alaina Vaillancourt stopped 173 shots during the past season and had a 1.22 goals-per game average. (MARK BLUMENTHAL / Palatka Daily News)
For the record, Alaina Vaillancourt did not exactly raise her hand and volunteer to play goalkeeper for her youth soccer team in sixth grade. “I was actually put in as a goalie. I didn’t expect it,”…

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