Williams Lake took home the gold in Quesnel Thunder’s U15 tournament over the weekend.
The tourney had four teams, Smithers, Vanderhoof, Williams Lake, and the hosts Quesnel, duking it out at the West Fraser Centre. Lake City’s U15 squad was dominant throughout the whole weekend, finishing with a 3-0-1 record.
Beating Vanderhoof on Friday 14 to nil, the only ‘mark’ on the team’s run was a 5 to 5 tie against Quesnel during the round robin, followed by back-to-back wins against Smithers, a 9 to 1 then 7 to 1, sending them to the gold medal game to face Quesnel.
Quesnel also had a tremendous run through the tournament. The Thunder’s U15s had a similar record at Williams Lake, going 3-0-1 over the weekend.
The Thunder first knocked Smithers down 7, nothing. Then the Cariboo teams tied in their second game. Quesnel hammered Vanderhoof twice in back-to-back games. Winning 16 to 0, then 17 to 0. Then headed into the Gold Medal game to take on Williams Lake.
It was a fairly close match up for the first period, with Williams Lake taking control of the game more or less from the start. The Lake City won the bought 6 to 3 in the end, to take home the Gold. Quesnel took home silver for a first and second finish for the Cariboo teams.
Smithers and Vanderhoof faced each other for bronze, for the teams’ second match up through the weekend. Smithers took home the bronze medal with a 5-to-nothing win over Vanderhoof.
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