SUMMERSIDE – The East Wiltshire Warriors are the 2017 P.E.I. School Athletic Association Intermediate AA Soccer League champions.
The Warriors received goals from three different players en route to a 3-0 victory over the Birchwood Cobras at Eric Johnston Field on Thursday afternoon.
Carley Thompson scored in the first half to give the Warriors a 1-0 lead at the break. Jaden Grant and Emma MacIntyre added second-half insurance markers, and Emma Stevenson registered the clean sheet.
The Stonepark Tigers scored a single goal in each half in a 2-0 win over the Queen Charlotte Coyotes in the boys’ gold-medal match, also played at Eric Johnston Field.
Matthew McCabe and Patrick Muise provided Stonepark’s offence while Nolan Berry earned the shutout.

Third-place games
In the bronze-medal games, the M.E. Callaghan boys outlasted Hernewood 4-3 at the Summerside Intermediate School pitch, and Stonepark edged Summerside Intermediate School 1-0 in girls’ play at Eric Johnston Field.
Chandler DesRoche (2), Aiden Gaudet and Ty Gallant scored for M.E. Callaghan, which overcame a 1-0 halftime deficit.
Noah Cormier, Josh Clements and Joey Gallant countered for Hernewood.
Winning keeper was Edmond Perry.
Ella David’s first-half goal stood up as the winner for Stonepark against Summerside Intermediate.
Jaelyn Power earned the shutout.

CHARLOTTETOWN – A highly anticipated matchup between the Charlottetown Rural Raiders and KISHROA did not disappoint.
The two teams met for the third year in a row to decide the P.E.I. School Athletic Association Senior A Girls Soccer League championship. The teams split the first two meetings, with Rural winning the 2015 title in overtime, and the combined team from Kensington Intermediate-Senior High School and Kinkora Regional High School prevailing in 2016.
The rubber match was played at UPEI on Saturday morning, and penalty kicks were required to decide the outcome after a scoreless draw through 90 minutes of regulation time and two 15-minute overtime periods. When all was said and done, Rural prevailed 3-1 in penalty kicks to regain the championship banner and hand KISHORA its first loss since the 2015 gold-medal match.
“It was a wonderful game,” commented KISHORA head coach Donald Mulligan. “I felt both teams played great, and we were on our heels for parts of the game and Rural was on its heels for parts of the game.”
An interesting statistic is that Rural has never led versus KISHORA in regulation time in the last three gold-medal games.
Before an appreciative crowd at the UPEI turf field, Rural keeper Kiara LaBobe took over in penalty kicks. LaBobe made two saves and one shot missed the net as Rural outscored KISHORA 3-1.

Nervous
“I was really nervous,” admitted LaBobe. “That was my first time actually ever doing that, but I have good confidence.”
Gracie Burns gave Rural a 1-0 lead after a LaBobe save, and Casey Currie made it 2-0 on the Raiders’ third shot. Shannan Hill brought KISHORA to within 2-1, but Maggie Rae Dennis followed with the clinching goal.
“I felt confident going in,” acknowledged Mulligan. “(Saturday) wasn’t our day, but give full credit to Rural, they played a tremendous game.”
When asked her approach in penalty kicks, LaBobe explained, “I don’t look at them (shooters), I look at the ground and the circle where the ball is, and I look at what angle their feet are at and hope I save it.”

Both teams had their chances to score in regulation time, but LaBobe and KISHORA keeper Lexie Murphy both came up with clutch saves to keep it scoreless. Abby Christopher was just inches away from giving KISHORA a 1-0 lead in the 25th minute as she wired the ball off the cross bar.
Rural’s best chance in regulation time came 20 minutes into the second half off a free kick, and Murphy had to make a point-blank save.
“We were undefeated until penalty kicks of the championship game, so that’s a good season in anybody’s book,” reflected Mulligan. “We have a great mixture of Grades 10s, 11s and 12s, and I hope we are back next year.”
Mulligan praised the strong leadership provided by the Grade 12s, especially co-captains Shannan Hill and Madeline Hamill (KRHS). Mulligan added losing Hamill to an injury seven minutes into overtime was a big blow.

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CHARLOTTETOWN – The Charlottetown Rural Raiders and Bluefield Bobcats took home the P.E.I. School Athletic Association senior soccer championship banners at UPEI on Saturday.
The Bobcats edged the Colonel Gray Colonels 2-1 in penalty kicks in the day’s final game that decided the AAA boys’ champion.
Connor Reardon of the Bobcats and Gray’s Brett Curley exchanged goals in regulation time. Bluefield outscored Gray 3-2 in penalty kicks, with winning keeper Isaac Wolters making three saves.
Bluefield led 1-0 at halftime.

Senior AAA girls
In senior AAA girls, Emily Cormier and Maddie Hurley each scored twice while Katelyn Doyle added a single marker as the Raiders blanked Colonel Gray in an all-Charlottetown final.
The Raiders took control in the first half, and took a 4-0 advantage into the break.
Hailey Terstege earned the shutout.

Senior A boys
In the senior A boys’ final, Dawson Hughes scored in each half to lead the Raiders past the Colonels 2-0.
Mahmoud Moustafa registered the clean sheet.