Minor hockey report
The Merritt Tracker Sportswear midget reps entertain nine visiting teams this weekend in their annual Thanksgiving Ice Breaker tournament.
Games run Saturday, Sunday and Monday at both local arenas.
The local side plays its round robin games on Saturday at 7 a.m. in Shulus, and at 4 p.m. in Merritt, as well as on Sunday at 11:30 a.m. in Shulus.
Playoff games run from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Monday at both arenas.
Visiting teams are from Penticton, Vander-hoof, Port Coquitlam, Port Alberni, Saanich, Kerry Park, Kelowna, Coquitlam and the Tri-Cities in the U.S.
The Tracker midgets prepped for their home tourney with a split of their games on the weekend.
Saturday, Merritt got two goals from Sahil Bansi in a 4-1 victory over the visiting Penticton Jr. Vees. Other scorers for the victors were Anthony Tulliani and Bailey Tomkinson, while Sam Suzuki backstopped the win in net.
Sunday, Merritt was not as fortunate, losing 7-0 on home ice to South Okanagan.
Atom Development
The Fountain Tire atoms also split their weekend games, losing 4-2 to South Okana-gan on Saturday, then rebounding for a 6-2 victory over Summerland on Sunday.
Jalen McRae had both Merritt goals in the loss, and a goal and three assists in his team’s win the next day. Also scoring for the Jr. Cents on Sunday were Wade Rauch (2), Karson Peat, Lucas Schmid and Brayden McRae Chillihitzia.
Nathan van Rensberg picked up the win in net.
Peewee Rep
The Ramada Inn peewees played just once on the weekend, winning 6-4 over Vernon. Max Graham and Chase Cooke had two goals each for the winners, while Sajjin Lali and Divaan Sahota notched singles.
Female Hockey
Both Joco Transport girls hockey teams were in action on the weekend.
The combined peewee/bantam team lost both of their games to Kamloops by scores of 11-2 and 9-2. Merritt scorers were Taylor Shackelly (2), Bianca Cavaliere and Kayla Gray.
The female midget squad also fell twice to the opposition, losing 2-1 on Friday night to Kamloops and 5-2 to Chase on Saturday. Scoring for the Joco midgets were Jenna Kane and Emmagin Richardson.
