Williams Lake Yellow finished as the runner-up over the weekend at the Williams Lake Midget House Tournament, falling to a tough visiting Smithers squad in the final.
Smithers, representing one of two house teams from the city, chewed through the entire tournament without allowing a single goal. The best result facing the team came from Williams Lake Yellow in the final, a 6-0 effort, which was also matched earlier in the tournament by Williams Lake Grey.
Tournament co-ordinator Jessica Larson said six local teams, plus Smithers, Abbotsford, two Prince George teams and two Quesnel teams made up the 12-team tournament, which began Friday evening and wrapped up Sunday.
Twenty-four games were played, and most were close matches with the exception of those played against Smithers and Abbotsford, where both teams were very strong.
Heading into Sunday’s final Williams Lake Yellow had won all three of its round-robin games beating Williams Lake Orange, 4-1, Quesnel Red, 4-2, and Prince George Blue, 3-2. Gord Sterritt, co-coach of Williams Lake Yellow, said his players put forth a great effort throughout the weekend.
“The kids played awesome,” Sterritt said. “They played as a team, they worked well together and some of the games they were in tough, but they battled back. Even this last game against Smithers the kids played hard.”
In the bronze-medal match Abbotsford defeated Williams Lake Teal, 6-0. Williams Lake Grey placed sixth after falling to Quesnel Black, 6-2.
