Chatham

Golden Hawks headed to OFSAA for hockey

The boys and girls hockey teams from Chatham-Kent Secondary School (CKSS) are headed to the provincial championships.

The senior boys are headed to the 'AAA' OFSAA tournament in Windsor-Essex this week. The Golden Hawks qualified for provincials for the second straight year when they beat Villanova 5-1 in the SWOSSA challenge game.

The boys are seeded 12th and open the tournament at 8:15 a.m. Tuesday when they play 7-seed Bishop Reding from Milton at the Atlas Tube Centre in Belle River.

CK will face the number 1 overall seed, St. Martin from Mississauga at noon, before wrapping up pool play on Wednesday against 14-seed Waterdown at 8 a.m. at Tecumseh Arena.

The Golden Hawks girls are also headed to their second straight OFSAA. They beat Villanova 5-2 to win SWOSSA, and punched their tickets to the 'AAA' tournament in Aurora.

The girls are seeded 16th and play their first game at 8 a.m. on Tuesday against 3-seed Louis Riel from Ottawa, before taking on 5-seed and host St. Maximilian at 12:15 p.m. CK will close out pool play against Loretto Abbey, the 10-seed from North York on Wednesday at 8 a.m.

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