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Ripley Atoms are WOAA champions |
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 The Ripley Atom Wolves roar after winning the WOAA championship Wednesday night at the Ripley Arena; back, coaches John McFarlane (L), Jeff Richardson, Dave Charette, Joanne Beishuizen; middle row, Brent Scott, Jennelle Smeltzer, Kurtis Smeltzer, Hart McFarlane, Liam Chapleau; front, Luke Richardson, Cameron Lamont, Liam Kirkpatrick, Madison Beishuizen, Mathew Johnson, Carson Watson; and very front, goalie Tanner Charette | ||||
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The Ripley Atom Wolves went on an improbable playoff stream in February and March, running the table with a 16-0 record. This included home-and-home sweeps over Shallow Lake, Wingham, Zurich, Milverton, BCH AE, Walkerton AE, and Saugeen Shores AE. The impressive aspect was that many games came down to the wire, with Ripley always finding a way to pull out the victory. After 14 round-robin games, Walkerton was in second, which resulted in a final two-out-of-three series between Ripley and Walkerton. Ripley decisively won Game 1 in Walkerton, 4-0.
Jennelle Smeltzer (R) receives her championship medal from Gary Rutledge
Gary Rutledge (L) presents a championship medal to Brent Scott
Carson Watson (R) receives his championship medal from Gary Rutledge
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Then, on home ice Wednesday night (March 23), the clinching game was a tense and close match, ending
2-1 for the Wolves. Scoring the goals were Mathew Johnson and Jennelle Smeltzer. This win made Ripley the WOAA Neilson Cup champions. Congratulations to Madison Beishuizen, Liam Chapleau, Tanner Charette, Mathew Johnson, Liam Kirkpatrick, Cameron Lamont, Hart McFarlane, Luke Richardson, Brent Scott, Jennelle Smeltzer, Kurtis Smeltzer, and Carson Watson, and their coaches, John McFarlane, Jeff Richardson, Dave Charette and Joanne Beishuizen.  Holding the WOAA championship trophy are Jennelle Smeltzer (L), Tanner Charette, and Brent Scott of the Ripley Atoms  Gary Rutledge (L) of the Ripley Minor Hockey executive, presents a championship medal to Liam Chapleau, while coach John McFarlane calls out the names of the Atom team Scrolling stops when you move your mouse inside the scroll area. You can click on the ads for more
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