Our Ilderton
Jets Tyke Red Team entered into the Boston Pizza Cup Tyke & Novice Select
Tournament this past weekend in St. Thomas (February 19-21 2016) . A total of
14 teams were registered in the Minor Tyke 09 Division including teams from smaller centres in our region and teams from larger centres such as Leamington, Woodstock, London, Kitchener, Milton
and Toronto.
After our first two games on Friday, Ilderton ranked 2nd in points in the Round Robin defeating Woodstock and West London. An early morning 6-1 loss to Mooretown on Saturday morning seeded us to Division B with a semi-final game scheduled against Mt. Brydges that night.
Mt Brydges as always proved to be a close match up but Ilderton was triumphant in the end scoring a tie breaking goal with less then 15 seconds left in regulation play (5-4).
Ilderton would once again face Mooretown in the B Division Finals on Sunday afternoon. Both teams showed up for the chance to raise the cup. It was a back-and-forth game with our Ilderton Jets scoring the winning goal with less then a minute left in regulation play (3-2).
The coaching staff, our opponents and those in attendance were very impressed with the level of play, determination, perseverance and effort exhibited by our team. Proof that hard work pays off. Never give up!