Moose Jaw Mustangs U13 Win Southern Lacrosse League Gold
Story and photo by Submitted
It was a one two finish for the Moose Jaw Mustangs U13 teams in the southern Saskatchewan lacrosse league championships held over the weekend in Weyburn.
The Moose Jaw Mustangs Black team won the gold medal game defeating the Moose Jaw Mustangs Red team 6 - 1.
Mustangs Black Team’s Tournament
The Mustangs Black team won four games on their journey to claiming the southern Saskatchewan U13 league lacrosse title.
In their opening game of the tournament the Mustangs Black team defeated the QCMBL Vipers 12 - 2.
In their second tournament game the Mustangs Black team won 4 - 3 against Weyburn Young’s Equipment Thrashers.
The third game for the Mustangs Black team saw them defeat the Mustangs Red team 6 - 4.
In the gold medal rematch the Mustangs Black team won 6 - 1 versus the Mustangs Red team.
Mustangs Red Team’s Tournament
The Mustangs Red team needed to come back from a loss to the Mustangs Black team in order to make it into the gold medal game.
The Mustangs Red team opened the tournament defeating the Weyburn Securities Thrashers 6 - 4.
In their second game the Mustangs Red team lost 6 - 4 to their Moose Jaw counterparts the Mustangs Black team.
The Moose Jaw Mustangs U13 team proudly display the southern Saskatchewan lacrosse league championship banner - submitted photo
Their third game saw the Mustangs Red team just squeeze by Weyburn Young’s Equipment Thrashers 5 - 4 in the semi-final.
The gold medal game saw the Mustangs Red team defeated for a second time by the Mustangs Black team 6 - 1.
Gold Medal Game
The Moose Jaw Mustangs Red team opened the scoring in the first period at the 10 minute mark on a goal by Taten Thue. The assist went to Sterling Stewart.
The Mustangs Black team would tie the game at 1 - 1 when Jaxton Duncan scored an unassisted goal.
At the 1:30 mark the Mustangs Black team took the lead for good on a goal by Joshua Arnold assisted by Austin Duncan.
The second period saw Joshua Arnold scoring another unassisted goal at 14:00.
With 1:06 left in the period Keegan Flanagan scored assisted by Thomas Porter.
The third period scoring wise continued to be all for the Moose Jaw Black team.
Keegan Flanagan scored his second goal for the Moose Jaw Black team at 12:33. The assist went to Ethan Thedroff.
The final goal in the game was scored by Thomas Porter from the Mustangs Black team at 9:58. Assisted by Rhett Hazell.
Moose Jaw Mustangs Black won the gold medal while the Moose Jaw Mustangs Red team won the silver medal.
The final score in the gold medal game was Moose Jaw Mustangs Black 6 and Moose Jaw Mustangs 1.
The provincial championships kick off the first week of July in Prince Albert.