Atom Development

The Fountain Tire atoms won a pair of games on the weekend, defeating North Okanagan 5-3 on home ice Saturday, then recording a 7-1 road win over West Kelowna on Sunday. Team captain Max Graham led the way for the Jr. Cents with five goals and three assists. Other Merritt point getters were Breanna Ouellet (3g,3a), Matthew Newman (3g), Chase Cooke (1g,3a), Cortez Charters (2a) and Allison Moore (1a). Carson Lang and Bryce Garcia shared the goaltending duties.

Peewee Rep

The Ramada Inn peewees fought back from a two-goal deficit to tie South Okanagan 3-3 on Sunday in Osoyoos. Goal scorers for the Jr. Cents were Armoni McRae, Spencer Vaughan and Gillian Moore. Tristan Bjarnason picked up the win in net.

Peewee Girls

The Joco Transport peewee girls blanked the Thompson-Cariboo team from Ashcroft 5-0 on Sunday at the Shulus arena. Taylia McKeown, Hope Smith, Tyra Gage, Jenna Kane and Bianca Cavaliere scored once each for the Merritt team. Kane and Anastasia Camastro picked up assists.

Home Games This Weekend

The Fountain Tire atoms are hosting a six-team tournament on the weekend. Visiting teams will be coming from North and South Okanagan, Quesnel, Semiahmoo and Seattle, Wash.

The local atoms play their round robin games at 4:30 p.m. on Friday, and at 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. on Saturday. All three games are at the Nicola Valley Memorial Arena. Playoffs begin at 7 a.m. on Sunday, and wrap up with the gold medal game at 11:45 a.m. in Merritt.

Other scheduled minor hockey games:

Saturday

9:00 a.m. Novice Red vs. Novice White (Merritt)

Sunday

1:45 p.m. Peewee Rep vs. Salmon Arm (Merritt)

3:00 p.m. Midget House 1 vs. Midget House 2 (Shulus)