Westdale secures back-to-back titles in girls soccer

HAMILTON (May 20, 2016) – The Westdale Warriors nailed down their second consecutive Hamilton public school board division-I girls soccer championship on Friday defeating Hamilton District Christian High with a decisive 5-1 win at Heritage Green Sports Park.

Alexis Kenyeres notched a hat-trick in the victory while Mara Balvers delivered the other two goals for the Warriors. Lindsay Bosveld responded with the lone goal for HDCH.

The win was Westdale’s third girls soccer title since the 2009-10 season and second consecutive defending their city championship won last year. The Warriors finished the regular season in third place with a 5-2-1 record. HDCH was the league’s top seeded team securing first place in league play with a 6-1-1 record.

Westdale now advances to the Southern Ontario Secondary School Association (SOSSA) championship hosted next week (May, 25) by Ancaster High School. Ancaster will also play in that event having won a second entry qualifier against Waterdown District today. Ancaster won the qualifier game 2-1 in overtime.

Hamilton DCH will also advance to SOSSA as the ‘A’ representative while Sir Winston Churchill will be the ‘AA’ representative from Hamilton. Visit www.sossa.on.ca for more details.

In the Girls Division-II championship Westmount defeated Sir Allan MacNab 5-0 to claim top position. Westmount got two goals from Victoria Smith while Danielle Datzkiw, Sarah Pillinini and Deanna Wardell also scored in the game.

The girls division-II game was the first of three championships contested Friday at Heritage Green Sports Park. The boys championship followed and then the girls division-I game capped championship Friday.