The Lockerby soccer program is shining brightly in the city of Greater Sudbury as both the senior girls and boys' teams won their respective city AA/AAA championships on Wednesday.
The Vikings boys squad dumped the St. Charles Cardinals 1-0, thanks to the lone goal of Deven Stillar.
The win capped off a strong local season for the boys team as
they went 6-1-3 overall and also finished first overall in the
regular season standings.
The girls team overpowered the Lasalle Lancers by the score of 5-0.
Lockerby counted two goals from Veronica Mazzella and singles from Jenna Shroeder, Kayla O'Link and Stacey Watson.
The Lockerby girls finished the local season off at 8-0-0.
The A Division championships go today at Macdonald Cartier high school.
The girls take to the field first at 4 p.m. as Macdonald Cartier takes on St. Benedict.
It will be a clash of the titans as both teams are undefeated this season and finished one-two in the standings. Macdonald Cartier finished first with a record of 6-0-0, while St. Benedict finished at 5-0-1.
This will be the first time the two teams meet this season and there's no shortage of offensive firepower on both sides.
Macdonald Cartier is lead by Cloe Lacasse and her 20 goals in six regular season games, while St. Benedict is lead by Morgan McCrory and her 10 goals in four regular season games.
The boys game kicks off at 5:30 p.m. with powerhouse St. Benedict looking to extend their perfect season with a victory over L'Horizon.
St. Benedict went 6-0-0 in the regular season and finished first overall. L'Horizon took third place with a record of 4-2-0.
St. Benedict is lead by the quick foot of Joey Martellacci, which produced 12 goals in six regular season games.
L'Horizon counters with Dan Thibert, who tallied four goals in three regular season games.
Soccer fans can brace themselves for NOSSA action on Monday, June 2 at Sacre-Coeur.
The girls' A, AA and AAA NOSSA championships will be decided that day with representatives moving onto their respective OFSAA championships.
Lockerby will play in the AAA championship. Notre-Dame and St. Charles will tangle in the AA championship. The winner of the Macdonald Cartier - St. Benedict tilt will move on to be the A championship representative.
