Owen Sound Girls Field Lacrosse Provincial Championships Report

 

The Owen Sound Girls Field Lacrosse North Stars JEWL League U19 team brought home silver – and the U9 squad returned bearing bronze – from this weekend's provincial championships in Brampton.

The 2023 season continues the positive growth of the whole organization as it deepens in experience and maturity. Each year has added a layer of support to those who follow, from first-time players to experienced coaches, from the weave of parents and family and friends to the organizers and originators, a community of commitment at all levels, proudly North Stars.

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The Owen Sound U19 Creative Playgrounds Women’s Field Lacrosse Team are JEWL League silver medalists.

Quarterfinal play Friday night in Brampton saw the squad leading 6-4 at halftime, and then extended their lead to beat the Oakville Lady Hawks by a final score of 14-8.

Goaltender Gillian Warren had an outstanding game making key saves to keep the North Stars on top.

Scoring for Owen Sound was Karly Low with four goals, Jill Goldie with three, Edyn Beyer and Laine Nissen each had a pair, and Brooklyn Doyle, Dani Strong and Kaitlyn Strong each netted one.

Owen Sound faced off against the Kitchener Waterloo Kodiaks Saturday morning, winning by a final score of 14-9 and earning them a place in the gold medal match versus the Oshawa Lady Blue Knights.

Scoring for Owen Sound were Jill Goldie, Karly Low and Courtney Scott who scored three each, Edyn Beyer with two, and Brooklyn Doyle, Dani Strong, and Laine Nissen had singles.

The gold medal game was a hard-fought match versus first-ranked Oshawa.

Owen Sound trailed 7-4 at half time and managed to close the gap to a single goal with 4 minutes left to play.

Despite their best efforts, Owen Sound fell short, losing 14-10.

The team had an outstanding season and proudly took home silver.

Scoring for Owen Sound was Karly Low with four, Jill Goldie and Edyn Beyer each with two, and Brooklyn Doyle and Dani Strong had singles.

We would like to extend a sincere thank you to all the Owen Sound fans who came out to cheer us on along with our team sponsor Creative Playgrounds.

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The Owen Sound U13 Legacy Ridge Golf Club travelled to Brampton for their Provincials over the weekend.

We had ended the regular season second in the B division. We had multiple girls fill in and play different positions this weekend. It really helped to keep girls fresh as the heat played a big factor.   

Our first matchup against Newmarket ended in a tie as they scored with one second left to make it 8-8.

Goals by Avery Thompson (4), Scarlett Stevenson (3) and a single by Ella Todd 

We met Orangeville in the second match. The girls battled hard but fell short in a 4-2 loss. Goals scored Avery Thompson and Scarlett Stevenson  

The quarter final game against Kawartha was the best team game we played all year.

The game winner from Mckenna Ward on a great pass from Reese Holman “Fred” was awesome!!

There were 50 seconds left in the game. The bench and all the coaches went nuts!

It gave us a chance to play for a medal on Sunday. Final score was 5-4. Goals scored by Avery Thompson (3), Scarlett Stevenson and McKenna Ward.

In the semi-finals against Orangeville, we out-shot and out-chanced them, however fell short to another 4-2 loss. Both goals from Avery Thompson.

Heading into the bronze game, our defence held strong against Orillia, not allowing many goals in.

A big shout out to Vanessa Patterson, Callie Sarvis and McKenna Ward. The girls battled hard along with the heat but fell short to a 4-2 loss. Goals from Hailey Frede and Avery Thompson. 

A big congratulations to both Kyla Johnson and Harper Lines for playing great in net, we only allowed four goals in three of our games, that is very impressive in field lacrosse, and it gave us a chance in all of those games.

Coach Mike and Jordan are very proud of all the girls, we had some leaders that had to play a lot of minutes and were very impressive all season long but especially this weekend.

A big thanks to our trainer Heather Harvey and manager Tasha Thompson for all the help, knowledge and support, the girls really appreciate it.

We are so lucky to have Jordan Kosempel and Maddy Playter, the girls look up to them so much and you can see how when they give advice or challenge the girls which made them they step up.

It shows how having someone they can relate to really helps.

We want to thank our Sponsor Legacy Ridge!

We also want to say a big thank you to our parents. The commitment to practice, driving to six away weekends and being the players' biggest supporters and cheerleaders.

Finally, a big congratulations to our U13 Legacy Ridge Golf Club team this season who are the following:

McKenna Ward, Ella Todd, Reese Harvey, Briar McCoubrey, Olivia Neil, Scarlett Stevenson, Harlow Stevenson, Reese Holman, Harper Lines, Addison Fisher, Olyvia Wagner, Ava Ward, Vanessa Patterson, Avery Thompson, Callie Sarvis, Hailey Frede and Kyla Johnson.

The girls are suuported by coaches Mike Sarvis, Jordan Kosempel and trainer Heather Harvey.

 

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An exciting weekend at provincials in Brampton as the Owen Sound U11A Ron Hopper Real Estate girls field lacrosse team left it all on the field!

Our first match up against Kitchener-Waterloo saw a 14-8 loss.

Goals for the North Stars by Quinn Norton (4), Adele Ferguson (2), and singles by Tessa Matheson and Keeva Fox.   

In a quick turn around, the North Stars played Orangeville to a 10-6 win. Goals by Adele (4), Quinn (4) and Mila Minard (2).   

The quarter-final game against Toronto Beaches saw the girls win another 10-6 with a whooping six goals from Quinn as well as Keeva (2), and singles by Lyla Doyle and Sophie Burnette-Scott.   

The semi-finals saw the girls play one of the best games all season with a heart breaking 12-10 loss to Oshawa.  An incredibly intense game played by all.

Huge saves from goalie Isla Nickel  and defensive players Avery Brooks and Molly Richardson, kept it so very close. 

Goals for the North Stars by Quinn (7), Adele (2), and Keeva (1).   

The bronze medal game saw us playing Orangeville one last time in a 7-6 loss. Goals by Quinn (2), Sophie, Lyla, Tessa, and Adele.

This incredible team of girls should be extremely proud of all their efforts, finishing fourth out of 17 teams in the U11 division. 

The team would like to thank their bench staff and families for all of the support they received all season. 

A huge thank you to coaches Cameryn Gateman, Colin Doyle and Justinne Carr, trainer Carley Cook and managers Katie Ferguson and Peggy Sue Fox for all of their time and dedication to the team. 

A big thank you also to Ron Hopper Real Estate for sponsoring our season. 

The girls would also like to thank Charlotte Fox and Taryn Weppler for taking the time to help out with the team this year.   

Wearing orange and black this season were Isla Nickel (goalie), Keeva Fox, Quinn Norton, Tessa Matheson, Molly Richardson, Lyla Doyle, Avery Brooks, Atayvia Jackson, Hanna Carr, Sophie Burnett-Scott, Harper Thompson, Adele Ferguson, and Mila Minard.

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The Owen Sound U9 Berner Contracting girls team travelled to Brampton for their provincial games this weekend and came home bronze medalists.

The girls brought home a win against Kitchener-Waterloo in game one with a final score of 13–7 for the young North Stars.

Goals came in from Faye Burnett-Scott (4), Clara, Patterson (4), Alexa Bothwell (3), Meyer Quaid (1) and Olivia Barfoot (1).

In game two, the girls lost to Six Nations with a score of 18-7.

Goals came in from Evelyn Scholl (2), Shantae Wilson (2), Meyer (1), Faye (1) and Alexa (1).

These hard-working athletes brought home the bronze medal in their U9-B division.

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source: media release, OSGFL