Medfield Girls U14 Hockey Wins Championship

The Medfield U14 girls' hockey team won the Middlesex Yankee U14 Girls Conference last Saturday night with a 3-0 over rival Norwood.

To reach last Saturday's finals, the girls had to battle through three rounds of playoffs.

In the first round, the girls were down 2-1 going into the third period when they scored three goals to win it 4-2. Meredith Cox and Julia MacLean each scored two goals. Grace Crowell, Alexander Papantonis and Emily Ruzzo tallied assists.  Skylar Flynn and Abby Carlson played strong defense.

In the second round, again the girls found themselves down 2-1 going into the second period against a strong Andover team. They scored three goals in the second period and one more in the third to win 5-2. Meredith Cox scored a hat trick, Ellie Branka scored a goal and an assist, Sadie Durham netted a goal and Grace Crowell added four assists. Emily Parker, Kathleen O’Connor and Caroline Davenport turned in solid play in the victory

The finals were against a strong Norwood squad who had beaten Medfield two weeks earlier. It was a defensive battle until Medfield scored midway through the second period. Medfield scored two more in the third for a 3-0 win.

Grace Crowell had two goals, Meredith Cox had a goal and an assist and Ellie Branka and Alexander Papantonis each had an assist. Emily Ruzzo and Julia MacLean were strong on defense helping Athena Papantonis (MVP for Medfield) record a shutout and her third victory in the playoffs for the championship.   

The Medfield girls' program is still a young program, only in existence for a few years, and this is a great tribute to all the girls and volunteers who have worked with the girls through the years to build this program.

The players on the team include: Ellie Branka, Abby Carlson, Meredith Cox, Grace Crowell, Caroline Davenport, Sadie Durham, Skylar Flynn, Julia MacLean, Kathleen O’Connor, Athena Papantonis, Alexander Papantonis Emily Parker and Emily Ruzzo.