Axewomen, Wolverines, Raiders advance to PEISAA senior AAA finals

Medal games go Saturday

The Westisle Wolverines, Three Oaks Axewomen and Charlottetown Rural Raiders have advanced to the Prince Edward Island School Athletic Association senior AAA soccer championship games.

The matchups for Saturday’s senior AAA and A medal games, which will be played at the Terry Fox Sports Complex in Cornwall, were determined on Semifinal Wednesday.

The Westisle boys defeated the visiting Bluefield Bobcats 3-1, and the Raiders edged the Colonel Gray Colonels 3-2 in an all-Charlottetown matchup.

Westisle and Rural will play for gold on Saturday at 3:45 p.m. Only two points separated the teams in the regular season as Westisle finished atop the standings at 6-0-4 (won-lost-tied) while Rural was second at 6-2-2.

Colonel Gray (4-0-4) and Bluefield (2-2-4) will meet in the bronze-medal game at 3 p.m. The first-place Axewomen (52-1) punched their ticket to the girls’ gold-medal game at 1:45 p.m., with a 2-1 win over the visiting Colonels (0-6-2). Three Oaks will face second-place Charlottetown Rural (4-2-2) for the provincial title after the Raiders blanked Westisle 5-0.

Colonel Gray and Westisle (21-5) will meet in the third-place game at 1 p.m.

Senior A

In senior A boys, the Souris Spartans defeated the Kensington Torchmen 5-1 in one semifinal while the Morell Marlins got by Charlottetown Rural Team Two 1-0. First-place Souris (4-0-1) and third-place Morell (1-1-3) will clash in the provincial title game at 11:45 a.m.

Second-place Charlottetown Rural Two (4-1-0) and fourthplace Kensington (2-2-1) will go head to head in the third-place game at 11 a.m.

The senior A girls’ final will also

feature an all-Kings County clash as top-seeded Montague (5-1-0) and Morell (3-2-1) meet at 9:45 a.m.

Third-place Morell edged second-place Kensington (4-11)

by a 2-1 score, and Montague topped Charlottetown Rural Team Two 4-1 in the semifinals. Kensington and Rural Team Two (2-2-2) will play for the bronze medal at 9 a.m.

JASON SIMMONDS/JOURNAL PIONEER Renee Silliker, right, of the Three Oaks Axewomen kicks the ball while being pressured by the Colonel Gray Colonels’ Jenna Frizzell, 9, and Miara Weeks during a P.E.I. School Athletic Association Senior AAA Girls Soccer League semifinal game on Wednesday afternoon. The Axewomen won the game, played at the Canada Games pitch at Three Oaks, by a 2-1 score.

JASON SIMMONDS/JOURNAL PIONEER Hilarie Gaudet of the Three Oaks Axewomen controls the ball during first-half action of Wednesday afternoon’s P.E.I. School Athletic Association Senior AAA Girls Soccer League semifinal game at Three Oaks Senior High School in Summerside. The Axewomen pulled out a 2-1 win to advance to Saturday afternoon’s gold-medal game in Cornwall.

JASON SIMMONDS/JOURNAL PIONEER Erin Arsenault-Gallant of the Three Oaks Axewomen carries the ball to the Colonel Gray Colonels’ goal while being defended by Caroline MacDonald. The two teams met in a P.E.I. School Athletic Association Senior AAA Girls Soccer League semifinal game at Three Oaks Senior High School in Summerside on Wednesday afternoon. The Axewomen prevailed 2-1.