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Sarnia, ON – Despite the rainy weather conditions,
the LSSAA junior boys and girls soccer finals took
place Thursday afternoon at St. Christopher's, where
both match ups features two games with familiar
rivals.
Junior Boys
The finals
for the junior boys division would feature the North
Lambton Eagles versus the St. Christopher's
Cyclones, in a rematch of last years final.
Marco
Difederico would start the scoring for the Cyclones,
picking up a rebound that was mishandled by Eagles
keeper Dalton Goodhill and putting it into the open
net for the 1-0 Cyclones lead.
But the
lead would not last very long, as David VandenHeuvel
would get through the defence and send a kick to the
farm side of the net, catching the corner for the
1-1 tie. But the Cyclones would not settle for a
tie, and before the half, Darien Primeau would work
the ball through three defenders before putting a
shot between Goodhill's legs for the 2-1 halftime
lead.
The second
half was heavily contested as each team looked for
their chances. An offside call would bring a
Cyclones goal back, but it would only be a matter of
time before they would strike again. Joey Eddleston
would fire a kick past Goodhill and put the Cyclones
up 3-1. Primeau would add a final goal, firing a
shot of the post and in to give the Cyclones a 4-1
lead.
St. Chris
would take it by the 4-1 score, and capture the
junior soccer championship for the fourth straight
year.
"After the
first 10 to 15 minutes I thought we started passing
the ball around a little better," said Cyclones
coach Rich Prudom. "We certainly had the chances. If
we had made good on some of our chances it might not
have been as close. I give credit to North Lambton.
They came out with a game plan to try and stifle
us."
North
Lambton is one of the smaller schools in the LSSAA,
and knew coming in it would be a challenge to play
the Cyclones.
"We know
going into a final like this, we are pretty heavy
underdogs," said Eagles coach Derek Arthur. "I found
we matched very well with them. The goals they got
were late, and it was a very close game right to the
end.
St. Chris
won last years championship game 1-0 in a shootout.
Junior Girls
Like the
boys game, two familiar teams would play once again
for the junior girls championship, as Northern would
face St. Christopher's in a rematch from last
seasons final.
The girls
final was marked by excellent goaltending by Riley
Wilhelm from St. Chris and Laura Pugsley from
Northern. Neither goal allowed a goal in the first
half, and made strong saves despite very wet
conditions.
St. Chris
would open the scoring as Keverly Pike would get a
shot on net that would be misplayed by Pugsley and
go through her legs and just past he goal line for a
1-0 Cyclones lead.
With the
end of the second half drawing close, the Vikings
desperatly searched for a game tying goal. Sidney
Weiss would provide it in the final minutes, scoring
for Northern and sending the game into extra time.
Both
schools would score in the extra overime minutes, so
a shootout would be needed to solve the 2-2 game.
In the
shootout Lauren Wilson, Mackenzie Shuart and
Kayleugh Royer would each find the back of the net
for the Vikings, as Northern defends their junior
girls soccer champion with a 3-2 shootout victory.
Northern
defeated St. Chris 3-1 in last years final.
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