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Sunday, January 15
2006 Pa Hockey Scholastic Showcase - Director's Cup Final
Tuesday,
January 2
Prairie Ridge takes Director’s Cup back to
Illinois defeating Quaker Valley
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2006 Director’s Cup Final
Prairie Ridge 5 Quaker Valley
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Delmont –
A year ago, Fenwick became the first out of
town school to participate in the Pa Hockey Scholastic Showcase’s 11year
history. The Friars fell short losing to Bethel Park 4-3 in the 2005
Semi-Finals. Prairie Ridge took the quest one step further defeating a solid
Upper Arlington team in overtime 4-3. The Wolves would face a Cinderella effort
of Quaker Valley, who defeated Bethel Park, giving the Hawks their first
preliminary round loss in 8 appearances and then defeating a red-hot Class AA
Franklin Regional club in double overtime.
Prairie Ridge went for
the jugular in the opening period pummeling Zac Zinger and the Quaker defense
with 20 shots in the opening stanza. Sean Hogan’s shot from the point snuck
through a maze of bodies and behind Zinger at 7:22 of the 1st period. Quaker
Valley was able to convert on one of it’s 6 shots as Colin South scored on the
power play with 5:14 remaining in the period.
The Wolves from
Crystal Lake, Illinois would not be denied in the second period as the continued
the onslaught with 18 more shots in the middle frame. The duo of Jon Rowell and
Cam Comeaux led the way as Rowell scored at 9:09 of the period and then Comeaux
provided the big insurance goal wit 5:04 to go.
As Prairie
Ridge entered the third period and Quaker Valley ran out of gas only managing 14
shots on Marcelo Jorge as the total on Zac Zinger reached 40 for the Wolves. The
defensive tandem led by Zack Gadomski, Sean Hogan, Steven Gadd, Tyler Benson,
Kyle Kehoe and Kevin Engledow smothered the Quakers and would not let them get
close to Marcelo Jorge. Doug Kaminsky at 9:50 and Pat Houk with just :12 left
capped off an impressive 5-1 victory for Prairie Ridge as they came to Western
Pa and captured the Director’s Cup with an impressive win against some of
Western Pa’s and Ohio’s best. Congratulations to Casey Van Damme and Prairie
Ridge and as quoted from someone who has been the Showcase a long time ‘a true
class act and deserved champions’
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