(L to R) Head Coach Dana Kolden, #14 Tylea Shortland, #6 Leah Hagan, #29 Anna Lunde, #22 Grace (Tootie) Allmaras, #23 Addison (Addy) Gerhardt, #24 Gabrielle (Gabby) Kolden, #27 Isabelle (Izzy) Maddock, Assistant Coach Jason Manlove Front Row (L to R) #62 Oakley Lindemann, #97 Hattie Fitzgerald, #21 Jenna Manlove, #1 Adalyn (Ady) Bakalar, #9 Madilyn (Maddy) Roaldson, #5 Layla Becker, #7 Maci Fisher. Mascot Jackson “Prowler” Manlove
DEVILS LAKE, N.D. (NewsDakota.com) – The Jamestown/Valley City (JVC) Prowl 12UB Girls won this years NDAHA State Gold championship held in Devils Lake ND March 10th-12th.
The Prowl opened tournament play as the top seed in the tournament on Friday, March 10th. The Prowl’s first opponent was Richland from the west division. The Prowl would go on to defeat Richland 7-2 advancing to the semifinal game to be played on Saturday. Scoring for the Prowl Addy Gerhardt, Anna Lunde, Tootie Allmaras (3 Goals Hat Trick), and Maci Fisher (2 Goals). Player of the game award went to Tootie Allmaras for her performance on the day.
The Saturday, March 11th semifinal game matched the Prowl up against east division opponent Grand Forks. The Prowl would strike first on a goal from Tootie Allmaras assisted by Izzy Maddoch. Addy Gerhardt added the second goal of the day. Anna Lunde would strike with the third goal of the day on a direct shot off of a face-off she won. Maci Fisher would get the fourth goal assisted by Layla Becker. Grand Forks would get on the board next. This was quickly answered by Prowl with their 5th goal of the day by Maddy Roaldson assisted by Gabby Kolden. Grand Fork then would get a second goal for the day. Grand Fork pulled their goalie with about 4 minutes remaining in the third period, but the additional skater advantage would not provide any more scoring for Grand Forks the Prowl defense would remain solid. Anna Lunde scored her second goal of the day on an empty netter. The Prowl control the game from puck drop to the final buzzer. The Prowl won 6-2 advancing to Sunday’s championship game. Anna Lunde would take home player of the game award for her solid performance in the semi final contest.
The Sunday, March 12th championship game matched the Prowl against west division opponent Mandan. They would find the Prowl take a 1 goal advantage in the first period when Izzy Maddoch scored on a shot from the blue line to get day started. The game would stay evenly matched till into the second period when Mandan would tie the game up at 1-1 on a goal from Mandan’s Maddy Moch. The scored would stay tied going into the start of the third period. The third period would start with Mandan scoring their second goal of the day to take a 2-1 advantage early in the third period. The Prowl then went on the attack when Tootie Allmaras was able to find the back of the net off an assist from Tylea Shortland. The Prowl would take the lead 3-2 on a goal by Anna Lunde assisted Tootie Allmaras. The girls would take the ensuing face off right back down to Mandan’s zone and Tootie Allmaras would put the Prowl’s 4th goal of the day in to take a 4-2 lead. One the very next line change Addy Gerhardt would cap the days scoring off with the Prowl’s 5th goal that was assisted by Maci Fisher. The Prowl’s final three goals came over a 2 minute period of the third period as the girls would not settle for anything but taking home the championship honors that they were due. When the final buzzer sounded the score was 5-2 PROWL WIN.
Maci Fisher would take home the player of the game honors for the championship game. Her spark help ignite the team to Jamestown/Valley Cities first ever State Championship for the 12UB Girls. Ady Bakalar was solid in net all weekend for the Prowl and would have 24 save in the championship contest some of which required her to stand on her head and make some incredible saves. After many years of Jamestown/Valley City not having a girl’s program they are back with a championship. The 12 UB girls are coached by Dana Kolden and Jason Manlove, their second year with girls ranging in ages from 9-12.
Jason Manlove said the girls capped of an amazing season with a record of 30-4. Two of those losses were overtime losses and the other two losses came against 12UA level teams. The girls won the Minot Border Battle 12UB tournament in January and the Bismarck 12UB Capital Cup in their two other tournament this season.