WATERPOLO: Westdale grabs senior and junior titles
HAMILTON (January 17, 2019) – The Westdale Warriors captured both sides of the 2018-19 Boys’ Water Polo Championship earning the senior title over Dundas Valley 4-2. In the junior championship they nipped Orchard Park 3-2 in overtime.
Westdale’s Alexander Nevills scored twice in the senior game with Ethan Celland and Tegan Gray notching a single goal each.
Dundas Valley started with a 2-0 lead powered by James Crowe’s two goals, however that was all the scoring the Gryphons would earn. Westdale responded with four unanswered goals over the course of the final three frames to take the win.
In the bronze medal senior game the Westmount Wildcats edge the Ancaster Royals 4-3. Westmount’s’ Nicholas Boecker tallied two goals to hand Westmount the bronze medal. Nathan Fan and Marcos Urbina netted the other two Westmount goals.
Ancaster’s Hassan Zein Al-Abdin Maan had two goals in the loss while teammate Weston Farnworth added the other.
In the junior championship the No. 2 seeded Westdale Warriors earned their fourth straight title winning 3-2 in an overtime thriller over the top seeded Orchard Park.
Hugh McLelland scored the game winner for the Warriors while Delsen Pooni and Teague Truman scored in regulation for Westdale. Orchard Park put up a tremendous fight with William Macleod and Cooper Jackson scoring for the Patriots.
The junior boys bronze medal game saw Ancaster defeat Waterdown 6-2. Ancaster used a three goal fourth quarter explosion to secure the third place medal.
Ancaster’s Ethan Ford had three goals in the win including one in the final frame Waterdown’s Cole Stevens had two in the loss for Waterdown.
HWIAC Boys’ Water Polo Results
Senior Boys’ Water Polo Results
January 17, 2019 – Jimmy Thompson Memorial Pool, Hamilton, Ontario
Gold Medal Game: Westdale SS def Dundas Valley SS 4-2
Bronze Medal Game: Westmount SS def. Ancaster HS SS 4-3
Junior Boys’ Water Polo Results
January 17, 2019 – Jimmy Thompson Memorial Pool, Hamilton, Ontario
Gold Medal Game: Westdale SS def. Orchard Park SS 3-2 OT
Bronze Medal Game: Ancaster def. Waterdown DHS 6-2
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Updated on Friday, January 18, 2019.