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State Champs ~ South U12B Girls

By Sara Rasmussen, 03/17/16, 8:30AM CDT

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Congrats to the South U12B girls for a fantastic season!  They were 16-0 in league play, 1st place in Districts & Regions and are the new State Champs!  Below is the article that will be published in Let's Play Hockey.....

The U12B Lakeville South Cougars finished a magical season in style at the State Tournament in St. Cloud.

Lakeville came in riding a clean sweep in District 8 regular season play, the Cake Eater Championship, the St. Paul Heartbreakers Championship, the D8 tournament title as well as the Regional Tournament title.

The opening round match-up at State pitted the Cougars against Litchfield/Dassel/Cokato.  The two teams had yet to meet this year.  Lakeville struck early with 3 goals in the first period and a 28-10 shots on goal advantage helped them secure a 5-0 win and a berth in the semi finals.

Round 2 brought us a rematch from the Moose Lake tournament vs Hibbing/Chisolm. Earlier this year South won 8-0, but this was a whole new Hibbing team and the game was much closer throughout.

Despite an overall 35-9 shots on goal tally, South managed only 2 goals but used stifling defense and solid goaltending to keep Hibbing off the scoreboard and advance to the finals with a 2-0 win.

Championship Sunday matched the Cougars up with St. Cloud on their home ice, the first meeting between these top ranked teams.  The Lakeville community rallied and carloads of fans and players from other Lakeville youth teams made the trek up I-94 to try to even the odds.

The Cougars got off to a slow start and allowed St. Cloud to jump all over them with 2 goals in the first 4 minutes, sending the home crowd into a frenzy.  Just like the champions they are, and seeing their dream slip away, South didn’t panic and turned up the intensity to match St. Cloud. 

Lakeville dominated the second and third periods ripping off 5 unanswered goals to take a 5-2 lead.  A suffocating forecheck and refusal to lose led South  to a 5-3 final score and the achievement of their season long goal, the U12B State Championship.

Ranked #1 for every week since their Cake Eater Championship in late November, the Cougars lived up to that ranking by ending the season with an amazing 44-1-1 record overall.  It was a special team and a season these girls, coaches and parents will never forget, truly a once in a lifetime experience.


State Champs!

Front Row L-R: Sydney Krieger, Emily Reed, Payton Lang, Alyssa Antonakis, Emma Rodriguez, Quincy Krentz

Back Row L-R: Brian Hilliard, Ellie Hilliard, Riley Calderon, Iona Welsch, Sarah Reed, Paul Reed, Riley Burton, Tori Olin, Mike Krentz, Aili Klein, Dean Antonakis