King­dom Blades swarmed by Wood­stock Wasps

 

by Joseph Gresser

BURLING­TON—The Blades, a team made up of women from high schools around the North­east King­dom came into the fi­nals at the Gut­ter­son Field House on March 9 as un­der­dogs.

They were a third seed, and the Wood­stock Wasps, their op­po­nents were a first seed.  Still the King­dom Blades had over­turned sec­ond-seed Burr and Bur­ton Acad­emy by a lop­sided 6-1 win, and their record 18-4 was­n’t that far be­hind the Wasps’ 19-3.

Once on the ice, though, the Blades strug­gled to put to­gether plays, while the Wasps seemed to sting at will.

If not for the skill of goalie Tay­lor Blais…….

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