The ball soared across the field, starkly black and white against the mountains, covered in fall foliage. Goalies Enzo Giovinazzi (鈥26) and Brendan Carney (鈥28) skillfully kept it out of their teams鈥 respective goals, often diving to guard their nets. The first half of the game went scoreless, but just after the referee blew the starting whistle for the second half, Justin Hoeing (鈥28) sent the ball flying into the goal of Team Goyette, which responded in turn by scoring two goals in quick succession.
In the last quarter, Team Forrester tied the score at 2-2, making it look as if the championship would end in a draw. To everyone鈥檚 surprise, though, with two seconds left in the game, Jamie Kelly (鈥27) scored a third goal for Team Goyette, defeating Team Forrester 3-2. Cheers erupted from the audience along with wild applause.
鈥淚 saw the shot, so I took it,鈥 Jamie said. 鈥淪ometimes you just have to take a chance. And luckily for my team, it worked out!鈥