96 Selects and 97 Elites Take Home State Titles

2010-03-04


96 Selects State Championship Team

Both teams advance to New England tourneys....

Congratulations to the Seacoast Spartans 96 Select and 97 Elite teams on their Bantam Tier-3 and Peewee Tier-1 State Championships.

96 Selects will now represent NH at the New England District Tier-3 Sectional, held in Massachusetts March 19-21.  The Spartans opened round-robin play with a 3-2 win against Dover on Saturday morning and then took their only loss of the tournament that evening, 2-1, at the hands of Rochester.  Their 1-1 record qualified them for the semi-finals on Sunday.  In the semi-final game the Spartans downed Concord 3-1 setting up the rematch against Rochester where the Spartans prevailed 2-1 to claim the State Title.

In the Peewee Tier-1 State Tournament the 97 Elites went undefeated beating the Nashua 98s (8-1) and Northern Cyclones (4-2) in round-robin play.  On Sunday they downed the Jr. Monarchs (4-2) in the semis and then the NH Avalanche (4-0) in the finals.  After the Spartans streak of 7 straight NH Peewee Tier-1 championships was broken last year, the 97s hopefully have started a new streak for the Spartans.

The 97s will now represent NH at the New England Tier-1 Regional Tournament held in Stamford, CT this weekend.  The winner of this tournament will advance to the USA Hockey Tier-1 National Championships held in early April.

Other Spartans teams competing in tournaments were:

01 Elites:  Lost in MT Tier-1 semi-finals to Cyclones 6-5 (OT).
00 Elites:  Lost in SQ Tier-2 semi-finals to Keene 3-2.
99 Selects:  Lost in SQ Tier-2 round robin to Hanover and Keene.
99 Elites:  Lost in SQ Tier-1 finals to Avalanche 3-0 .
98 Selects:  Lost in 98 NEHL National tourney with 0-1-2 record.