Thunder rolled through the Nicola Valley this weekend as the local lacrosse association played host to a number of games in the bantam, midget and novice age categories.

Bantam

The Thunder opened their two game home stand agains Shuswap with a hard fought contest which ended in a tie. Nicola Valley got off to a hot start with three goals in the first period from Keagan Wekking and Lucas Schmid (2). All three Nicola Valley goals were unassisted.

Schmid notched the hat trick in the early stages of the second, but Shuswap managed to battle their way back into the game with three goals of their own in the middle frame.

Action from the Nicola Valley Thunder bantam team in one of their two games against Shuswap at the Shulus arena. (Bill Stowell/Herald).

The visitors’ momentum carried into the third period, as Shuswap scored a fifth goal only minutes into the last stanza. Jalen McRae had the answer for the Thunder with just over four minutes left, with Schmid picking up the assist for his fourth point of the game.

The two teams had only a few hours to rest before they were back in action for game two of the series in Shulus.

This time, the Thunder made no mistake as their high-powered offence kicked into high gear for a nine-goal outing.

Matthew Morrissey opened the scoring for the Thunder, while Carter Shackelly and Keagan McGifford also scored in the first.

Despite a close fought tie in the first game, the Thunder emerged with a victory in the second game against Shuswap. (Bill Stowell/Herald).

The Thunder built on the 3-1 lead in the second with goals from Ostyn Fox, Shackelly and McGifford (assisted by Daniel Lindley Archachan). Tyson Jarvis stood strong in net, allowing the Thunder to build their lead to 6-2 after two periods.

With the game in the palm of their hand, McRae found the back of the net twice and Shackelly completed the hat trick to seal the win for the Thunder.

Novice

The local novices were in tough against a team from Penticton, and found themselves on the wrong end of a 14-4 scoreline.

Travis King stood tall for the overmatched novices, while the Thunder still managed to find the back of the net four times during the game.

Goals went to Cooper Hatfield (2), Jake Voigt and Blake Weimer.

Midget

It was a similar story on the other end of the age spectrum for the Nicola Valley Thunder midget team. Their rivals from Shuswap came to play and delivered with a 15-1 victory over the locals.

The lone Thunder goal came in the second period from team captain Bill Brewer, assisted by Connor Kaboni.

Payton Fox endured the barrage in net for the Thunder.