{"id":12016,"date":"2015-09-23T10:13:45","date_gmt":"2015-09-23T14:13:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/?p=12016"},"modified":"2015-09-30T17:35:29","modified_gmt":"2015-09-30T21:35:29","slug":"ontario-all-stars-converge-on-aurora-for-john-traganitis-tournament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/ontario-all-stars-converge-on-aurora-for-john-traganitis-tournament\/","title":{"rendered":"Ontario All-Stars converge on Aurora for John Traganitis tournament"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Jake Courtepatte<\/strong><\/p>\n

It was a wet and humid downpour throughout the day in Aurora on Saturday, but the action on the soccer fields played on with a little bit of an extra challenge at the annual John Traganitis Tournament, hosted by the Aurora Youth Soccer Club (AYSC).<\/p>\n

\u201cApparently the fields were quite slippery,\u201d said Kim Warner, social media and events coordinator at AYSC. \u201cBut, a lot of teams played through it.\u201d<\/p>\n

The conditions weren\u2019t enough to stop the Aurora Stingers U15 girls\u2019 side, dominating both the Kitchener Spirit and Pickering Power on the Saturday in back-to-back shutout victories. It would be the only game Pickering would lose on their way to the championship game Sunday, once again facing the Stingers in front of a hometown crowd.<\/p>\n

A stalemate throughout the game, it was the Stingers that came out on top in thrilling penalty kicks to earn gold on home field.<\/p>\n

Their counterpart U13 and U14 squads found themselves actively competing against each other in the younger division, with both teams going 3 \u2013 0 throughout round-robin play. Out of ten teams in the division, they were ranked number one and two heading into Sunday\u2019s playoffs.<\/p>\n

The U13s were upset by the close-by King City Royals in semi-finals, going down by a close score of 4 – 3. Meanwhile, the U14\u2019s booked their ticket to the championship game with a 3 \u2013 1 win over the Leaside Jets.<\/p>\n

In the final, they were able to tame the Royals with just one goal in a 1 \u2013 0 victory.<\/p>\n

On the boys side, the U13s came closest to tournament glory by coming out on the wrong side of a 1 \u2013 0 semi-final loss to the Ajax Warriors.<\/p>\n

The tournament has provided teams from across Ontario with fun, competitive soccer for over twenty years. The \u201cAll-Star\u201d teams consist of house-league players deemed to be the best in their league, chosen to come together to compete at exhibition games and tournaments throughout the season.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a fun, relaxed atmosphere,\u201d said Warner. \u201cIt\u2019s competitive, obviously, but it\u2019s a way to wrap up the season with some healthy competition.\u201d<\/p>\n\"Facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>\"mail\"<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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