Golden Ring U14 champs
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Undefeated in the Kitchener Golden Ring Tournament, Feb. 8-10, the Tillsonburg Nichols Gravel U14 B Twisters won another set of gold medals.
It was their third ringette championship of the season, with two tournaments – including the year-end Regionals – left to play.
Tillsonburg Nichols Gravel vs Mitchell
Game 1
Due to bad weather on the 8th, the tournament’s opening game was cancelled. The conveners declared it a tie.
Tillsonburg Nichols Gravel 7, Kitchener 3
Game 2
Twisters scoring: 1. Leslie Nichols (Jayden Nesbitt); 2. Jaden Nesbitt; 3. Leslie Nichol (Lauren Cowan); 4. Mady Bennett; 5. Katie Becht (Olivia Moore); 6. Katie Becht (Erin Klassen); 7. Katie Becht (Hayley Martin)
Tillsonburg Nichols Gravel 4, Cambridge 1
Game 3
Twisters scoring: 1. Olivia Moore (Katie Becht); 2. Erin Klassen; 3. Mady Bennett (Stephanie Parker); 4. Olivia Moore
Championship Game
Tillsonburg Nichols Gravel 4, Mitchell 3
Twisters scoring: 1. Katie Becht; 2. Mady Bennett; 3. Katie Becht (Lauren Cowan, Leslie Nichols); 4. Leslie Nichols (Lauren Cowan)
The U14 championship game was a nail biter.
Mitchell took a 2-0 lead in the first three minutes of the game. Tillsonburg’s Katie Becht scored at 8:22 to close the gap, then Mady Bennett scored at 7:59 to tie it up at 2-2.
Down two players heading into the second period, the Twisters fell behind 3-2. But Tillsonburg never gave up and continued playing hard.
Becht’s second of the game knotted the score at 3-3, and the teams went into overtime.
At 11:50 of the extra period, Leslie Nichols took a great pass from Lauren Cowan and scored the game-winning goal.
“We take pride in our girls, we are strong from our goaltending, defence and offence players, each and every player made a difference in this tournament,” said the coaches. “It was a good effort from everyone.
“We have a good solid team and the coaching staff is very proud of each and everyone of the girls. Congrats on winning your third tournament of this season.”
The U14 Twisters’ next tournament is the first weekend in March in Niagara Falls and then it’s off to Regionals, March 22-24, in Guelph.