Santa Clarita Girls Hockey Team Wins Championship Days After Player's Dad Is Killed In Icy Accident - Beritaja

Transporting his girl and 8 different passengers from the Santa Clarita Flyers lucky nine to a title tourney successful Littleton, Colo., past week, driver Manuel Lorenzana of Chatsworth was killed successful a horrific clang successful horrid weather.

Three days later, the Flyers took the Western Girls Hockey League 12U title pinch a 1-0 triumph successful overtime Sunday, their 5th triumph of the tournament. The squad met for 2 hours the nighttime of the mishap and the players decided they would participate alternatively than propulsion retired and caput home.

“We knew that the families successful the clang would want america to play and decided not conscionable to do it for ourselves but do it for them mostly,” Flyers skipper Sophia Boyle told Denver 9News. “We are much than a team. It’s for illustration we are a elephantine family.

“We knew what we wanted, we tried our hardest and we sewage it.”

The driver of a Colorado Department of Transportation plow motortruck westbound connected I-70 conscionable eastbound of Loveland Pass connected Thursday greeting mislaid control, drove done the median and deed the eastbound Ford Transit van head-on, according to the Clear Creek County Sheriff’s Office.

“The plow motortruck traveled done the median, breaking done the cablegram obstruction and into the eastbound lanes,” the sheriff’s agency said successful a statement.

The van was knocked down an icy embankment earlier coming to rest. Five children and 3 adults were treated for injuries and 1 big rider declined aesculapian treatment.

Lorenzana, 38, a noted tattoo artist and lifelong San Fernando Valley resident, was pronounced dormant astatine the scene, authorities said. He and his girl had driven from Southern California on pinch 2 different families.

“Manny is simply a leader and the epitome of what an astonishing man, father, partner and friend should be,” the family wrote connected a GoFundMe page. “He was the about thoughtful, loving and supportive man to his soulmate April, and the about caring, involved, fun, benignant and loving parent, and champion friend, to his girl Brody.”

The Flyers played six games successful 3 days. After 2 victories Friday successful the double-elimination tournament, they mislaid their first crippled Saturday. Brody was released from the infirmary and joined her teammates up of the 2nd crippled Saturday, which ended successful a 14-0 win.

Santa Clarita Valley residents gathered astatine the Flyers’ location rink, the Cube Ice and Entertainment Center, to watch the crippled via a video watercourse that unluckily malfunctioned. Still, the crowd stayed, pinch respective group refreshing the league’s website to support up pinch the crippled and shouting erstwhile the Flyers scored.

Two victories Sunday — some shutouts — gave the Flyers the title. Moments earlier the title game, the Flyers raised their sticks successful a silent motion to Manny Lorenzana. Khaleesi Bewer scored the winning extremity successful overtime to conclusion Mountain Select, and afterward the Flyers sang Katy Perry’s “California Gurls. ”

“It’s unbelievable really overmuch group person rallied down these girls,” said Prescott Littlefield, president of the Flyers organization. “If location is simply a metallic lining to this, the magnitude of support they’ve gotten is beyond my expertise to comprehend. The families are truthful grateful.”