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Weyburn U13 Goldwings win provincial title

The U13 Goldwings defeated Turtleford in two games to take the provincial title
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The Weyburn U13 Goldwings celebrated with the banner as the provincial champions over the weekend

WEYBURN – The Weyburn U13 Provincial Goldwings brought home the provincial championship banner for Weyburn for the first time on Sunday.

The Weyburn Goldwings faced the Northwest Wings based out of Turtleford. Weyburn hosted game 1 on March 20, taking the series lead with a score of 3-1.

Weyburn’s Nelleke Vogel scored at 4:17 left in first period, assisted by Araya Lasko and Natalie Molde. The Northwest Wings answered back in the second period, and Weyburn’s Peyton Birnie scored in the third period at 8:53, assisted by Samara Seghers and Lexi Bauman. Northwest pulled their goalie, and Weyburn’s Araya Lasko scored again with an empty net with 49 seconds left in game.

They then traveled to Turtleford for game 2 on Sunday, where they secured the championship with a 2-1 final. Sunday’s game did not come easy as the Northwest Wings put up a hard fight, but goaltender Maci Patterson stole the show, not letting anything past her at the crucial point of the game.

Weyburn scored the first goal with 3:13 left in first period. Birnie scored, assisted by Ireland Koski and Seghers.

Turtleford scored in the second period with 1:09 left. Heading into third period with score tied 1-1, with one minute left in the game, the puck was in Turtleford’s zone so they pulled their goalie. Weyburn’s Seghers scored the game-winning goal in the empty net with 56 seconds left in game to win the championship.

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