- By Mary M. Grainger
- Sports
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The 14Us won two games and lost one in preliminary action to advance to the championship game against the host Skaneateles Lakers. Regulation play ended in a 2-2 tie but Ithaca won the shootout which followed a scoreless overtime period to be the tournament champions. Goals were scored by Melissa Ash and Carrie Wilder. Assists were made by Wilder, Lauren Herrick and Lucy Marshall. Meredith Kirk was the shooter who broke the tie during the shootout.
In the preliminary round, Ithaca defeated a team from Barrie, Ontario 4-0. Olivia Ramos scored two goals while Nitsan Goldstein and Ash each scored one. Angela Everhart had 20 saves in the shutout. Next they beat the Camillus Cougars 14U team, 3-1. Melissa Ash scored assisted by Herrick who also scored unassisted. Ali Pace also scored and Everhart had to make 30 saves. The Shooting Stars lost to Skaneateles 3-4 in their first meeting. Goldstein, Herrick, and Wilder scored the goals assisted by Marissa Ramos, Marshall, Wilder, Herrick.
The team is coached by Ron Wilder, Dave Herrick and Mike Kirk. Other team members are Carolyn Dunk, Krystalyn Yonkin, Allison Grippin, Hannah Golay, Jackie Cornell, and Charlotte Stevens.
Ithaca's 16U team tied the Mohawk Valley Herricanes 19Us 2-2 and the Camillus Cougars 19Us 1-1. Against Mohawk Valley, Janesa Cornish scored from an Elaina Jones assist, and Erin Grainger scored unassisted. Ithaca outshot Camillus 22-6 but the only shot to count was by Whitney Colbert who scored unassisted.
The 19U girls defeated the Ithaca Furies women's team 6-0 and the Binghamton Blizzard girls 5-0. Chelsea Meyer had the shutout vs. the Furies while Diane Ralyea scored two goals and Emma Bechert, Ashley Johnson, Amanda Menichelli and Samantha Craig each scored one. Against Binghamton, Karen Uber was in goal earning the shutout. Meyer scored two goals in this contest. Single goals were recorded for Craig, Ralyea and Kendall Brug.
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