Atom Female

The Ultimate Sport & Skate atom girls played host to the Merritt novice Red team on Saturday.

A hat trick by Gavin Moulind paced the Reds to a 9-3 victory over the atoms. Additional scorers for the novice side were Cayden Bergstrom (2), Carson Moulind, Brodie Hoisington, Jesse Peters and Noah Galbraith.

Kayden Keough scored twice for the atoms, and Ashley Cavaliere once.

Atom Rec

The LNB atoms fell 5-2 to Ashcroft on the weekend. Both Merritt’s goals were scored by Kolton Wekking, with assists going to Brooke Gustafson, Charlie Michel and Owen Bateson.

Atom Development

The Fountain Tire atoms got three goals from Lucas Schmid en route to a 7-2 road win over the Summerland Jets. Other Merritt marksmen were Jalen McRae (2), Brayden Chillihitzia and Karson Peat.

Sharing the workload between the pipes for the Jr. Centennials were Nathan Van Rensburg and Nathan Willey.

Peewee Rep

The Ramada peewees continued their winning ways with a hard-fought 3-0 victory against Kamloops on Sunday. Bryce Garcia had an outstanding game in net to pick up the shutout.

Merritt scorers were Max Graham, Chase Cooke and Sajjin Lali. Assists went to Graham, Lali, Matthew Newman and Missy McDonnell.

Bantam Rec

The City Furniture bantams edged Chase 6-5 in a thrilling back-and-forth game on Saturday at the Nicola Valley Memorial Arena.

Talon Zakall had a hat trick for the victors, while Armoni McRae, Justin Tighe and Connor Ouellet all added singles. Assists went to Isaiah McRae (2), Luke Narcisse and Zakall.

Bantam Female

A visiting squad from Kamloops got the better of Merritt’s Tolko bantam girls by a score of 7-2. Bianca Cavaliere and Hope Smith each scored once for the Tolko side. Ivy Smith and Mariska Wekking had assists.

Midget Rec

Tyler Mosley scored with 5:08 remaining in the third period to give the NVIT midgets a 2-1 win over the visiting Ashcroft Chiefs. Merritt’s other scorer was Alex Fraser. Trai Carmichael, Keisha Henry and Fraser all had assists. Colton Macaulay recorded the win in net.

Midget Female

The Joco Transport midget girls split their weekend pair of games, defeating Lumby 4-3 and losing to Kelowna 6-3.

Lizzy Simpson had three goals in total for the Merritt team, while Jenna kane, Kerragan Selman, Emmagin Richardson and Madeleine Barnes all tallied once each.

Assists went to Barnes (2), Kane (2), Selman,  Renée and Chloe Stockwell, and Courtney Christy.

Midget Rep

Clearwater scored four goals on a five-minute powerplay to break open a close game and defeat the Merritt Tracker Sportswear midgets 8-4 on Saturday.

Affiliate players Tyler and Travis Mosley had two goals each for the Merritt side. Darius Sam had three helpers, while Alex Fraser, Tanveer Bansi and Sahil Bansi notched one assist each.