The Ontario Summer Games begin Thursday at Mississauga.
Girls Field Lacrosse is among the many sports that will be featured at the Games.
There will be a large contingent of players from the Owen Sound Lady NorthStars program competing at the event.
Lyndsay Brooks of Owen Sound, who is a member of the Team Ontario program, spoke to Fred Wallace and outlined the process of picking the teams and what’s ahead this weekend at Mississauga.
Eleven girls from the Lady NorthStars Field Lacrosse program, aged 13-16, will be competing at the Ontario Summer Games.
from Jeff Wilkins
Owen Sound North Stars girls’ field lacrosse will be well represented at the upcoming Ontario Summer Games in Mississauga with eleven players taking part in the four-day event.
Participating is Madison Playter (Team Orange), Laine Nissen and Courtney Scott (Team Grey), Gillian Warren and Bree Wilkins (Team Red), Edyn Beyer, Aliyah Bonterre, Brooklyn Doyle, and Cassidy Low (Team Pink), and Dani Strong and Kaitlyn Strong (Team Green).
The Ontario Summer Games run from July 21-24 in Mississauga.
The Owen Sound players attended an open tryout for all U15 and U17 players in Guelph on May 14th and 15th after which the top 96 players were chosen and assigned to teams during a coach’s draft.
A twelfth Owen Sound player, Willow Smith-Spinney, is competing in the basketball tournament at the Summer Games.
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