Following four very successful seasons at the helm, Celine Valentin recently stepped down as head coach of the girls soccer team at Belgrade.

Belgrade High’s soccer teams once again shined this fall in the school’s final season in Class A, and three members are moving on the next level.

Celine Valentin didn’t mince words. She thought it was a bad call that cost Belgrade the match.

When the double whistle was blown to end Saturday’s state semifinal match at the Belgrade Youth Sports Complex, it marked the end of an era for Ric Plante.

The championship run came to a sudden and devastating end Saturday afternoon for Belgrade.

Veteran keeper Luke Turner caught the attention of Kanon Tebo with a quick holler of his name and then booted the ball nearly the entire distant of the pitch.

For the second straight season, and fourth time in five years, Belgrade has won the Eastern A championship.

It was a match they could not afford to lose. And, as the clock ticked under two minutes Tuesday evening in Livingston, it wasn’t looking good.