B Champs
The Chesterville Women’s Ball Hockey League B champions are front from left, Jackie Morris, Janice Casselman, Patti Mitton, Heather Cooke-Erwin and Shannon McRae. Back from left, Hailey Melenhorst (stick girl), Laura Melenhorst, Michelle Lang, Jessica Winters, Alannah McRae, Alyson Erwin, Lindsay Waddell and Alex Roach. Moore photo
Jeff Moore
Record Staff
CHESTERVILLE—In the second game of the night in the Chesterville Women’s Ball Hockey B Final, third place Yellow took on fourth place Green. Yellow’s only win in the round robin was to fourth place Green but it was a close game, making it an exciting B final.
Yellow 4 Green 2: Yellow opened the scoring just 2:09 into the opening frame as Jessica Winters hammered one home from Shannon McRae and Jackie Morris taking a 1-0 lead. Yellow made it 2-0 when Winters scored her second of the game from Morris at 13:41 and took that lead into the second period.
Green got to within one as Erin Cochrane scored an unassisted goal at 4:02 of the second period making it 2-1. Green tied the game when Cochrane scored her second of the game from Selena Shane and Angie Van Gurp-Helmer at 7:45 but Yellow answered at 8:44 as Alex Roach slapped one home from Winters and Morris to make it 3-2.
Yellow made it 4-2 when Morris rolled one across the goal line at 9:22 from Winters and took that lead into the third period. Green pushed hard in the third period but just couldn’t get any closer as Yellow hung on for the 4-2 win.
With the win, Yellow secured the Chesterville Women’s Ball Hockey League’s B championship. Picking up the win in Yellow’s goal was Patti Mitton and suffering the loss in Green’s goal was Cashelle Baldwin.