THE THIRD TIME IS THE CHARM!!! JAGUAR GIRLS WIN 10U AA STATE CHAMPIONSHIP!!!!!!!!!!

For the third year in a row, the Joliet Jaguar 10Us faced the Team Illinois 10Us for the State Championship. TI won the last two match-ups. The girls were determined that this was their year.

The game started out with up and down action but not a lot of shots making it on net. The Jaguars sent just 5 at the TI netminder and Alyssa opened the scoring with 4:21 left in the first with a sharp wrist shot.

The Jaguars dominated the 2nd period, peppering the TI goalie with 13 shots. Mikaela walked the TI defenders and scored early in the period to put the Jaguars up 2-0. The TI goalie was strong, stopping numerous Joliet scoring opportunities. With just 33 seconds left in the period, Paige rifled a pass through traffic in front of the net to Kayla who one-timed it over the sprawling TI goalie to end the period 3-0.

Despite generating another 10 shots, Joliet was unable to score again. With just 1:31 left in a game, a turnover in front of our own net allowed TI a great scoring opportunity and the TI winger sent the puck top shelf and cut the Jaguar lead to 3-1. With the TI player pulled for an extra attacker, Alyssa was able to steal the puck and pass it up to a speedy Mikaela who skated in the zone & shot the puck past the TI backcheckers into the empty net.

Final Score 4-1 Joliet - and the crowd went wild!!!!  What a great end to a great season!

All the girls on our 10U team played an amazing game!  Every player contributed in so many different ways last night.  Congratulations to the entire Jaguar Girls 10U team:  Madison Contreras, Amanda DiNella, Mikaela Gardner, Paige Gorecki, Alyssa Gorecki, Kiley Grabko, Katie Granato, Savannah Harmon, Samantha Koch, Jazmin Malinowski, Kaitlyn Maloney, Kayla Pierson, Natalie Rosendahl, Shannon Smith, and Taylor Willard.  And to the coaches: Doug Gardner, Shawn Harmon, Tom Peirson, and Steve Smith and manager, Linda Pierson. 

Don't for get to check out a picture of the entire team on the front of the website.  Congrats on a fabulous season!

03/05/06