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Congratulations on your performance and best wishes on a successful final.
Mayor Mike Bradley
Sarnia Mayor

Kyle's Highlights

Sun Aug 8 - In Day 1 of the tournament the Team Ontario '97's suffered an 8 - 0 loss to Colorado and tied Michigan 5 - 5.  In game 2 against Michigan they went away with a 5 - 5 tie.  Sarnia's Kyle Adams scored 4 goals and assisted on 1 for Team Ontario.  Today they take on Missouri.

Mon Aug 9 - Team Ontario dropped a 5 - 3 decision against Missouri in Monday's action at the State Wars Inline Hockey Tournament in Chicago.  Kyle Adams earned a goal and an assist in this game.

Kyle's Highlights
Reporting from Chicago
special to Sarniasports.com

I'm having an awesome time here in Chicago, I have met a bunch of new people and have good team mates. I have traded all 20 of my Ontario pins with other kids from different states all over the U.S.
 
We lost our final round robin game today 6-3 to Illinois. I scored two goals in our loss. In the afternoon they had an awards presentation and I made the all star team and will play tomorrow for team "Pride" in the all star game. They also had a special presentation for our division where 10 players and 2 goalies would be named to Team North America, I was one of them and received a special Team North American jersey which I think is really awesome.
 
We played our AA Semi-Final game tonight against Michigan State and won 4-2, I scored 2 goals in the win. We play against North Carolina for the AA Gold Medal game tomorrow, so I'm guaranteed to bring home a Gold or Silver Medal which will be the highest medal won at State Wars for an Ontario team yet.  
 
GO ONTARIO GO !!!!

Kyle's Highlights
Reporting from Chicago
special to Sarniasports.com

Bringing Home The Gold !!!
 
Here is what they wrote on the State Wars Website Blog about our Championship Game.......
 1997 AA Final
 North Carolina vs. Ontario
 
Up and down...back and forth.  It's a close one here at the Sportsplex.  A defensive chess match here as no one wants to be the one to make a mistake.  
 
The first goal of the game was scored by North Carolina's Taylor Winfree.  The shot was a blast from the point, top shelf.  It was the only goal of the first period.
 
In the second period Ontario would tie it up on a goal from Kyle Adams.
 
The game would go into overtime where Brendan Umscheid (NC) would find himself in the box for tripping, but about ten seconds later, so would North Carolina's Chris Connery. We would play 3 on 3 for a full minute and then the dangerous Kyle Adams (ON) would come down the left wing, cut to the middle and snipe one low glove to take the 1997 AA State Wars Championship back across the border.
All in all, this was a great game to start the string of Championships in the 1997 birth year.
 
Final score:   Ontario 2      North Carolina   1     OT                        SHOTS: Ontario    12      North Carolina    23
 
MVP:  Kyle Adams (ON)
 
It was awesome, my team jumped out on the floor chased me down and piled on top of me!! I didn't score the first goal like it shows, I assisted on it. For getting the game MVP I get a new pair of Cobalt inline skates for free!! Everyone on the team for winning got a hat, championship t-shirt, all new wheels for our inline skates along with a really big Gold medal for winning the championship.
 
The all-star game was a lot of fun also, our Pride team lost 7-4.
 
I had an awesome time down here and can't wait for tryouts again so I can come back again next year!! I now have to stay and watch my brother Kurt's team play, they won both their games today!! 
 
GO ONTARIO GO!!!!