Back :Michele Hodgert, Emily Neubrand, Jessie Hennessy, Amanda Hodgert, Amanda Verbeke, Claire Rocher, Amy Alcock, Coach Craig Hennessy Middle: Connie Alcock, Hailey Wietersen, Avery Wedow, Lindsay Govers, Kim Alcock, Claire Hesselwood, Frank Verbeke
Front : Kyrstin KrainzBack :Michele Hodgert, Emily Neubrand, Jessie Hennessy, Amanda Hodgert, Amanda Verbeke, Claire Rocher, Amy Alcock, Coach Craig Hennessy Middle: Connie Alcock, Hailey Wietersen, Avery Wedow, Lindsay Govers, Kim Alcock, Claire Hesselwood, Frank Verbeke Front : Kyrstin Krainz
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Local Ringette Team Wins Eastern Canadian Championship

The Exeter-Seaforth U-19's have captured a title for the province in Moncton, New Brunswick. Playing as team Ontario, the team won the Eastern Canadian Championships with a 7-2 win over P.E.I.

Qualifying as the provincial champs, the team went undefeated over the 6 game competition and allowed only 8 goals over that span, scoring 39.

To get to Sunday's final they beat Nova Scotia 7-0, New Brunswick 5-1, P.E.I 5-4 and two teams from Quebec (8-1 and 7-0).

Avery Wedow of Mitchell led the team and the tournament in scoring. She had 11 goals and 14 assists for 25 points.

The Eastern Canadian title wraps up a season where Exeter-Seaforth went 59-5-3 in 2014/15.

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