Southpoint U10 defeats Riverside, Sarnia

On Saturday, Nov. 13 the Southpoint Capitals hosted the Riverside Rangers.

It was Riverside who found the back of net first; however, the dynamic duo of Conner Blain and Brody Church responded by turning up the heat with three goals and two assists between them.

With seven seconds left on the clock, Southpoint wasn’t done yet. Carter Demant found Drake Pernal who buried a goal to end the period with a 4-2 lead.

The Capitals kept their foot on the gas in the second period with Jordyn Lefaive and Brady George digging pucks and driving hard. Christian Rutgers and Asher Grossi executed a textbook two-on-one for Asher’s goal, followed by Eddie Zieba who scored fresh off the bench on a feed from Zander Cook.

The third period saw goals added by Rutgers, Pernal and Blain. Southpoint shut the door on the Riverside offense, keeping them scoreless in the second and third periods. Blain’s scorecard inked an impressive five goals and seven total points- Southpoint finished with a commanding 11-2 win.

On Saturday, Nov. 20, Southpoint hosted the Sarnia Jr. Sting for an exhibition game.

Early saves by Keegan Pope led to an offensive rush and a first goal by Conner Blain within the first 50 seconds of play. Within the next 15 seconds, Asher Grossi found the blade of Ben Macquarrie who netted the Caps’ second goal. Before the end of the first period, Ashton Drodz corralled the puck in his end and went the full length of ice to score his first goal of the season.

The Caps went on to add three goals in the second period, one from Grossi, assisted by Cook, one by Church, unassisted, and another by Blain, unassisted.

The lone goal in the third period was scored by Christian Rutgers, helping the Caps finish with a commanding 7-3 win.

This week’s lineup includes Friday at Erie Northshore and Saturday at home versus Windsor.