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The Ithaca 14U Shooting Stars came home champions of the Bantam division of the Nepean Girls Hockey Association tournament Feb. 3-5 near Ottawa, Ontario. They had four victories to qualify for the championship game which they won 1-0 over the Nepean #3 Bantams on Erin Grainger's goal. Grainger scored from the point assisted by Whitney Colbert and Emily Eisenhut. Sarah Eisenhut earned her third shutout of the tournament in the tight final contest.

They defeated Nepean #2 3-0, North Bay 4-1, and Stone Mills 6-0 before meeting Sudbury in the semi-final round and winning 5-1. Colbert had one hat trick during the tournament as well as four other goals and two other assists. Her twin Alex Colbert had one goal and four assists during the tournament. Katie Long scored three goals and four assists. Emma Marshall had two goals and two assists, and her sister Lucy had two goals. Other goals were scored by Lauren Cole, Sarah Mogil and Kelly Shenk. Other assists were recorded for Colleen Dillon, Cole, Mogil, Eisenhut and Grainger.

During the same weekend in Glens Falls, the Ithaca 19Us went 1-2 falling twice to the Adirondack 19U Northstars 2-0 and 2-0. Maegan Mikula made over eighty saves in the two Saturday contests. On Sunday the girls bounced back with a 3-1 victory over the Adirondack 16U team 3-1. Allyson Granish scored two goals and Emily McPherson one. Emily Grippin had two assists and Megan Nervina one. Mikula made 23 saves in goal.

On home ice, the Ithaca 12U Shooting Stars faced the Adirondack 12U team and lost 1-4.  The Stars scored first on a goal by Lauren Herrick assisted by Carrie Wilder. Adirondack scored four 2nd period goals. Angela Everhart had 23 saves. In a rematch later on Saturday, Ithaca was defeated 2-4. The home team fell behind 2-0 before storming back to tie the game on goals by Wilder and Herrick. Olivia Ramos and Herrick assisted Wilder's goal. Wilder assisted Herrick's goal. Everhart had 26 saves

On Sunday, the 12Us beat the IYHA Squirt #1 3-2. Nitsan Goldstein had two goals and Marissa Ramos had one which was assisted by her sister Olivia. Assists on Goldstein's goals were made by Clara Karastury and Herrick. Everhart made another 22 saves.

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