Soccer finals held

The Lac St. Louis Soccer Association Youth League held its championship playoff games on Saturday in Dorval, Ile Bizard, Pointe Claire and Lachine. At the A-level, local girls’ winners included u-12 Lakeshore, Hudson St. Lazare and Lakeshore C, u-11 Lakeshore B, u-12 Lakeshore B, u-13 Lakeshore B, u-14 ASIB Blitz, u-15 Lakeshore B, u-16 Hudson-St. Lazare and u-18 Pierrefonds Cobras. A-level area boys’ winners included u-10 Lakeshore A, Dollard Dragons B and Lakeshore C, u-12 Lakeshore B, u-13 Pointe Claire A and Pierrefonds Cobras B, u-14 NDIP, u-15 Lakeshore B and u-18 Hudson-St. Lazare. At the AA level, local girls’ winners included u-11 Pierrefonds A Cobras, u-12 Pierrefonds Cobras A, u-13 Lakeshore A and u-15 Hudson-St. Lazare. AA-level area boys’ winners included u-11 Lakeshore A, u-12 Pointe Claire A, u-13 Lakeshore A, u-14 Pierrefonds Cobras A and u-18 Pincourt-Ile Perrot Sonix.

The Ile-Bizard based Lac St. Louis midget espoir Tigers, with the support of the Lac St Louis hockey community (including parents of Tigers’ players) reached out to help young hockey players in need on Sunday. The Tigers provided equipment for several children hoping to play hockey in Parc Extension and Sun Youth districts, both located in Montreal.

"We received a lot of support from the community, skates, gloves, pants, shoulder pads, everything really, said Tigers general manager Chris Sides. “The Complexe Sportif Saint Raphael staff really pitched in and helped us transition the equipment from givers to receivers. They helped out with the tailgate party and the result is, some kids are going to be able to play hockey. Afterwards, Reg Gresseau a representative of Parc Extension and Sun Youth told us, ‘you guys really reacted quickly, thank you very much for your help.’”

The success continued on the ice afterwards for the Tigers. Head coach Sam Ghilarducci’s troops defeated the Lac St. Louis Predators 9-3.