Under 12 Lightning Boys (1996) - Champions of Hangar Christmas Classic

The Markham Boys (1996) team entered two tournaments during the Christmas Break.

They were finalists at the BMO Christmas Tournament, and they were Champions of The Hangar Christmas Classic.

These boys continue to train indoors this winter and are looking forward to the 2008 Outdoor season where they will be playing in the CSL Level 3 Division. - 2 tournaments - 2 finals appearances - 1 Championship. Well done boys! 

Under 16 Markham Lightning Boys Defeat Milton
With newly appointed coach Louie Cacorovski at the helm, Markham Lightning U-16 boys defeated Milton in a hard fought OISL contest. With goals being exchanged by the teams within the first 5 minutes, it was certain to be a game full of excitement. The boys did not disappoint as they used the large playing surface in its entirety scoring goals from all sides, including long assist from goalkeeper Cole Daniels in the 35th minute . Another successful OISL campaign had been waged seeing Markham to a 6-1 win, putting them at 2-1 with a plus 6 goal differential on the season.

2 Milton defenders clear as Malvin Seto attacks goal.	Coach Louie Cacorovski and assistant Manager Chris Keay put some fine tuning to the group and discusses second half tactics.
Midfielder Juan narrowly misses a close attempt on goal.	Markham player Miki calmly slides the ball past milton keeper for his first of 3 on the night.
Markham lightning prepare for another OISL affair.	Markham shows fine defensive form under guidance of goalkeeper Cole Daniels.

Excellent Coaching Leads to Success for 1995 Boys
Successful season just gets better for 1995 Boys and Coach Dino Cramarossa as 6 players are selected to the regional team.  Congratulations to Daniel Cramarossa, Michael Petrasso, Sasha Ricciuit, Chuka Ononye, Andrew DiNatale and Goal Keeper Anthony Lafrate.

On Sunday Aug 26th, the Markham Lightning (1996 boys - U-11 team) completed YRSL Cup Play with a victory in the finals vs the Newmarket Huskies.
After falling behind 1-0 early in the first half the Lightning came back to score 2 goals on their way to a 2-1 final score victory.

This is the 3rd year in a row this dedicated sqaud of Markham Lightning boys have captured the YRSL Cup.

Congatulations to the boys: Brendan R, Ryan S, Thomas L, Chris K, Jayden D, Troy M, Kegan B, Massimo M, Connor G, Jaden L, Joshua H, Jordan S, Owen P, and Andrew M,

 

The team is coached by Michael Doyle and Victor Blasby.

Well done Lightning!

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U10 Boys Compete in the "Kickin in the Capital" Tournament

Markham Lightning Under 13 Boys
The Under 13 Boys recently completed two tournaments.  Those tournaments were West Niagara and Oshawa Kicks.  To read more about their participation in these tournaments please click on the LINK.