Area athlete to compete in U.S. futsal championship
Southmoreland High School sophomore Kory Kiefer will travel to Anaheim, Calif., in July to compete in the USFF National Futsal Championship Tournament. Futsal is an indoor soccer game played on about two-thirds of a basketball floor surface with small goals.
Kiefer is a member of the Penns Forest U-16 Boys Classic Soccer Team based in Pittsburgh.
Ten boys from the team were chosen to compete in the state tournament in Monroeville in January.
The “Pittsburgh Six” then won the regional championship in Philadelphia in February to qualify for the nationals.
For his play in the regional, Kiefer was selected for the All-Regional Futsal Team in the U-16 boys division.