The Paris Independent
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February 17, 2024
S P O RT S HIGH SCHOOL HOCKEY: Boys’ team dominates in last two regular season games and girls’ team earns bye heading into semi-finals Kitchen, Nate Wylie and Jakob minutes into the game, Paris opens Volushun. The winning goaltender the score on a shot by Harley Stuart was Aiden Bryans. and assisted by Melia MontoyaMartin and Jessica Rosebrugh. Thursday afternoon the Panthers (36-0) welcomed the McKinnon Blue In the second, Paris scored to make Devils (3-5-1) at the Brant Sports the score 2-0 on a scrum at the Blue Prior to the start of the most Complex for the last game of the Devil goalie, with Naren Parker recent PDHS boys’ hockey game, season between these evenly with shot on the goalie, followed Melia Montoya-Martin’s attempt, Head Coach O’Keeffe remarked matched teams. that the story of this season was The game was important as it would followed by Taylor Drinkle’s shot that his team was always determine home ice advantage for getting past the goal line. The then scored three competing hard, but just couldn’t the first round of the playoffs. visitors out score the opposition. On Brendan Seibert had the start unanswered goals ending the second Tuesday the fifth place Panthers between the goal pipes and the goal with the visitors from Caledonia faced the third place Brantford pipes were friendly as three of the having a 3-2 lead. Collegiate Mustangs and proved shots from the young men of The Paris District High ladies was O’Keeffe’s remark to be Caledonia were two inches from in high gear in the third period and incorrect. going in the net. The Paris side tie the score at 3-3 on Naren The BCI side came out strong dominated the first period, scoring Parker’s goal which was assisted by and halfway through the first two goals to take a 2-0 lead. No Scout Hergott-Leder and Harley period scored to take a 1-0 lead. scoring in the second period and the Shuart. The last two minutes of the At the end of the period the third period McKinnon was game, the Panthers had a power Panthers put on the pressure to tie pressing hard to score, pulling out play, but were unable to pop in a the score, but the score remained their goalie for the man advantage winner and ended up with a tie. in the last 3 minutes of play. All Coach Halliday was very happy BCI 1 Paris 0. attempts to score was put aside and with the team’s season and was Five minutes into the second the game was sealed with an empty happy that they have a bye into the period the Panthers tied the score net goal for the Panthers and 3-0 semi-finals. and 5 minutes later score a power win. play goal to take a 2-1 lead. The GIRLS’ HOCKEY UPDATE third period begins with a Panthers serving a penalty that On February 14th, the second place they successfully killed, on Panthers played their last game of topped off with a shorthanded the season against McKinnon Park goal to secure a 3-1 lead. H.S. Kenzie Coates got the start and Paris Panthers Hockey Report with George Le Gresley
The scored ended in a 3-1 final with goals going to Trevor
played outstanding, stopping a breakaway early in the game. Five
