The Merritt City Furniture bantam house team hosted an eight-team tournament on the weekend. The homeside went 1-3 to finish sixth overall.
Vancouver defeated Abbotsford 3-2 in the championship game.
Merritt point-getters in the tournament were Darius Sam (13), Tyler Mosley (9), Jesse Maunu (6), Austin Hawkins (4), Levi Nelson, Nkikaxni Grismer-Voght, Ethan Sheena-Patrick, and Mesha Naiker (two each), and Dakota Ned, Gracynn Bose and Roi Joe (one apiece).
Peewee Girls
On the November 8 weekend, the Joco Transport peewee girls were in Lillooet for a doubleheader.
Saturday, the two teams tied 2-2, with Merritt goals coming from Mariska Wekking and Taylor Shackelly.
Sunday, the Joco girls edged Lillooet 4-3. Merritt scorers were Hope Smith, Taylor Nicholls, Bianca Cavaliere and Shackelly.
Midget Girls
The McDonald’s midget girls team battled Kelowna to a 1-1 draw in a home game played at the Shulus arena on Sunday.
Skylar Willey scored Merritt’s lone goal, with assists going to Madeleine Barnes and Natalie Sterling-Moses.
Peewee Rep
The Ramada peewee reps were in Oliver-Osoyoos on the weekend for a three-day tournament.
The Merritt team went a perfect 3-0 in round robin play, defeating teams from North Okanagan (5-4), Arbutus (8-2) and Vancouver North Shore (5-1).
The Ramada peewees met West Kelowna in their Sunday morning semi-final and came away with another 8-2 victory.
In the Sunday afternoon championship game against Port Coquitlam, the Merritt peewees fell behind 5-1 early, but stormed back with three unanswered goals to make it 5-4. That’s as close as they would get. They finished second overall.
Atom Development
The Fountain Tire atom development team travelled to Enderby on the weekend and came away with an 8-5 victory over the North Okanagan Knights.
Max Graham had four goals for the Merritt side, while Cortez Charters added a pair and Robert Sterling and Karson Peat had singles. Lucas Schmid, Graham, Charters and Brayden McRae-Chillihitzia all had assists.
