Wildcats have a reason to celebrate

Pair of Woolwich teams claim Ontario Minor Hockey Association titles

TWO WOOLWICH MINOR HOCKEY TEAMS

are celebrating successful seasons. Both the U11 A and U13A teams took home Ontario Minor Hockey Association (OMHA) championships at last weekend’s tournament in Whitby.

“We’ve got a great group of 15 kids who showed up to play every day,” said U11 coach Dave Weiss.

After not playing for two seasons, the championship capped off an undefeated year with the team finishing with a record of 51-0-2.

“This has basically been two years coming for these kids, so to do something like this ...” said Wiess.

The team outscored their opposition 23-1 in the five-game tournament, including a 5-1 win over the King Township Rebellion in the championship final.

“We did well [in the first game] but did not compete like we could; from there, we just kept competing more and more. Each game got a little bit better, which led right into Sunday, where I can honestly say I think our team put together the best game of the year,”

Submitted The U13 Woolwich Wildcats LL2 defeated the Centre Wellington Fusion 1 Team 5-4 in the playoff finals held Mar. 27. Front: Timothy Callaghan. Middle row: Gabriel Callaghan, Ryan Ramage, Noah Johnston, Andrew Diebolt, Nicolas Shantz-Schlegel, Owen Dally, James Ferguson, Max Staines. Third row: Grayson Kelly, Nolan Beaty, Ezekiel Schwartz, Wade Holland, Tyler Bauman, Ryder Bauman, Zev Silverberg. Coaches: Mike Callaghan, Domenic Silvestro, Nathan Holland, Andrew Bauman.