U13 Stars take gold at tournament

The U13 Southpoint Stars recently took the gold at the Hockey for Hospice tournament in Windsor.

They started off the tournament Saturday morning against LaSalle (Yellow) with a 4-0 win.

Ava Carreiro scored with 25 seconds left in the first then got another in the third, as well as Grace Bedard and Alex Thiele.

In game two the Stars beat the South County Predators (White) 3-1.

Thiele scored midway through the first period, with Carreiro and Bedard adding the other two goals in the third for the win. wasn’t enough and they had to settle for a 4-2 loss.

The Stars still advanced to the semi-final game Monday and faced off against the Chatham Crush.

With seconds left in the first period, Taylor Lefaive skated her way around the Crush to score and put the Stars on the board. Two more goals in the second period by Thiele and Carreiro and another pair in the third period gave the Stars the 5-1 win they needed to advance to the final game.

In the championship game, the Stars met South County again and this time, they came out strong and confident. Chloe Taylor stood tall between the pipes with her defensive team of Taylor Lefaive, Isla Thiele, Natalie Edwards and Payton Insley battling hard to protect the ‘house’.

Midway through the second, the Predators were able to squeak one in to take the lead, but the Stars kept pushing forward. With six minutes left in the third period, Portia Steel passed it off to Alexa Thiele in front of the net who slammed it in to tie up the game.

With one minute left in the game, the Stars battled fiercely with constant pressure on the Predators. Finally, with 11 seconds left, the Stars crashed the net and Carreiro banged it in for the Stars to walk away with a 2-1 victory.

The Southpoint Stars raised $2110 for the Hospice of Windsor. Total raised by all teams was $482,618.00

The Stars are coached by Chris Taylor, Whit Thiele, Karen Burgess, Mike Williams and Taylor Insley.