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Pierrefonds U-13 girls claim Joliette soccer tournament
Defeat St. Jérome 2-1 to capture title
John Meagher
The Gazette
Thursday, July 17, 2008
The Pierrefonds Cobras U-13 A girls team captured top honours at the Joliette Soccer Tournament on Sunday.
The Cobras defeated St. Jérome 2-1 in the final on goals by Chelsea Prentice and Olivia Crescenzi.
“The girls played an excellent and strategic final game,” said Cobras head coach Ann Hackett.
“The girls managed to win gold despite the blistering heat on Saturday and pouring rain on Sunday.”
Other members of the winning team are Victoria Crozier, Ashley Ta, Laura Mackenzie, Jadzia Moran, Syndi-Belle El Tayar, Corinne Revel, Nicole Christopoulos, Meghan Mastroberardino, Jillian Agustin, Kathleen Couture, Vanessa Wilson, Michaela Scartozzi, Kaylee Dell’Olio, Nathalie Brunelle and Liana Garbin.
Assisting Hackett are Steve Bracegirdle, Sophia Bracegirdle and Louise McKenna (manager).
Girls take to the pitch in Pierrefonds: The second portion of the Pierrefonds 3-on-3 Challenge takes place this weekend with 139 girls teams competing in 17 divisions from ages 8 and up.
The boys’ side of the tournament, which took place the weekend of July 5-6, featured outstanding play.
Tournament registrar Rosemarie Gartner had a story from the boys event she said captured the spirit of 3-on-3 soccer.
“The Lakeshore Street Ballers came to registration early on Saturday morning with only two players because one of their players had just received an injury the night before,” Gartner said.
“They knew they wouldn’t be able to play with two on the field, but came to ask at the registration desk if there were any spare players on other teams that might want play. They just wanted to play. This was around 10 minutes before their scheduled game.
“I asked the next senior team registering (a house-league team) if they had a spare player. Well, they called a teammate, woke him up, and the guy was at the field in 10 minutes. These three guys played the whole tournament together right up to the finals.
“I take my sunhat off to these three fellas who just wanted to play for the love of the game.”
Kids tourney set for September: A total of 50 boys house-league soccer teams will compete in the International Cup, Kids Playing for Kids tournament Sept. 6-28 in Île-Bizard.
Teams will be divided into three age categories: Under-11/12, U-13/14 and U-15/16.
Teams will represent countries that competed at Euro 2008.
For more information, go to kidsinternationalcup.com
Lumdsen joins McGill coaching staff: Beaconsfield’s Catherine Lumsden is the newest member of the McGill Martlets coaching staff.
The 27-year-old Lumsden, a former McGill captain, was named this week as an assistant to head coach Marc Mounicot. Lumsden has spent the past three years coaching the Lac St. Louis Lakers, winning a Quebec Cup title with the U-16 Lakers in 2006.
Before coaching, Lumsden was a defender for the Lac
St. Louis Lakers, John Abbott Lady Islanders and at McGill, where she earned all-conference honours in her senior year (2003).