Bay Area youth hockey championship held in San Jose Sunday

Monday, April 3, 2017
SAN JOSE, Calif. (KGO) -- Two of the California's top youth hockey teams faced off in San Jose for the state championship Sunday.

The San Jose Junior Sharks happens to be an all-girls squad. Their opponents the San Francisco Sabercats are almost entirely an all-boys team.
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One of the Sharks tied it, to force overtime, and it took two overtimes for the Sabercats to win it.

"We were down, and we had 17 seconds left and I got the tip in to get the goal to go to overtime," said Cassandra Johnson, a Junior Sharks player.
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"They battled back. They tied it up in the overtime, and when you lose in overtime it's pretty tough on the kids," said Mike Rathje, a coach.

Both teams received medals following the double overtime thriller.
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