AOS U16 Field Hockey squad captures gold

Team picture of the AOS U16 Field Hockey squad that captured gold at the Lions Field 7x7 tournament in Brampton earlier in July. (Back, L-R): Payton Curran, Addison Moczulski, Reese Todd, Harper Phillips, Abby Elliott. (Front, L-R): Mac VandenHeuvel, Maya Thomas, Jayden Moczulski (missing is Paige Ireland).

By: Kathleen Smith

The AOS U16 Field Hockey squad captured gold last weekend at the Lions Field 7x7 Hockey Tournament in Brampton.

The girls finished the round robin in first place with a 2-0-1 record after wins against Brampton and Kitchener-Waterloo (KW) and a tie with Scarborough.

AOS then defeated the hometown Lions in the semi-finals 2-1, with a pair of goals by Harper Phillips.

In the tournament championship, Goderich defeated Dolphins FHC 1-0 to capture goal.

Phillips again notched the winner.

Addison Mozculski and Mac VandenHeuvel had especially strong tournament performances. Phillips was named MVP for the U16 age group.

U15:

The Goderich U15 squad hosted Seaforth last week in a pair of exhibition matches.

This season, the team had a .500 record competing with teams from Seaforth, Brampton, Kitchener and Waterloo.

U18:

Nearly 50 teams competed at the Brampton Warriors Field Hockey tournament with Goderich representing in the U18 A division.

After matches with the Dolphins, Kingston and Halton, Goderich advanced to the quarterfinals, but were defeated 3-0 by the Oakville Highland Kelpies.

Calleigh Craig and Grace Stoll had standout performances, as did Reese Todd.

Lucknow U14:

AOS is running an introductory camp in Lucknow for any elementary school girls beginning July 28.

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“It’s been a great season especially for the youngest division,” said Ray Lewis, Head Coach.

“We are really trying to inspire more grass roots play. Field hockey is a stick-and-ball game over 3,000 years old. Modern ice hockey has its roots in field hockey, so the two sports go hand-in-hand.”