Caledon Claims U18 North Peel-Halton Girls Soccer Title

Caledon claimed the 2008 U18 Girls title in the North Peel-Halton Soccer League
at the championship tournament held in Georgetown, August 16 and 17.
The Caledon girls won six straight games in the tournament, accumulating
20 goals for and surrendering only 4 against in the two days of play.

After notching victories of 1-0, 3-1, 5-0 and 2-1 against teams from Georgetown and Acton
in its four games on the Saturday, Caledon proceeded to the semi-final against a
physically large and talented Puslinch team on the Sunday morning. Puslinch struck
early when a penalty kick deflected into the net off a Caledon defender. But before the
half had ended, Caledon’s Brittany Brooks tied the score on a picturesque, end-to-end
solo effort. In the second half, Caledon dominated play and pulled away on goals by
Haley Hansen and Kayla Nesbitt for a 3-1 margin of victory.

In the tournament final, Caledon faced the regular season champion, HEADS-1
(Hillsburg, Erin And District Soccer), who had also gone undefeated in its first five games
of the tournament. HEADS jumped out to an early 2-0 lead in the fist half of the final
game, but two goals by Haley Hansen evened the score for Caledon by half-time. In the second half, Caledon’s Michelle Littler (who was Caledon’s goaltender in the first half) notched a natural hat-trick, scoring on two perfect crosses from Hansen and a corner kick by Nesbitt. Hansen then earned her third goal of the contest and Caledon held on for a
well-earned 6-2 triumph, and the U18 Girls crown. Excellent positional play, passing and individual effort by all team members contributed to the overall team result.

Congratulations to the Caledon team, which posted a regular season 3rd place finish
prior to taking the championship tournament title. Members of the team were Nicole
Ruff, Trisha Stevens, Katie White, Shannon Laing, Lisa McCannel, Samantha de Jesus, Haley Hansen, Lauren Dranitsaris, Michelle Littler, Brittany Brooks, Megan Bishop, Kirsten Weber, Sarah Ball, Brittany Reinhart, Kayla Nesbitt, Melissa Avgerinos, Coach Pedro de Jesus and Steve Dranitsaris, assistant in the championship tournament.
This year’s U18 League included teams from Hillsburg-Erin and District,
Caledon, Acton, Puslinch, Rockwood, Georgetown, Bolton and Milton.