The 100 Mile & District Minor Hockey Association welcomed five visiting teams to its eight-squad 100 Mile House Peewee House Hockey Tournament, Nov. 30-Dec. 1.
The Kelowna Leafs won the tournament championship, beating Kelowna Canucks 3-2 in the final.
In the battle for bronze, Lillooet Pistons edged out Kamloops Rampage in a closely contested 1-0 game. The Pistons took home medals, while members of the Rampage were awarded toques.
A 3-3 tie for fifth place between 100 Mile House A&M Towing and Bridge Lake Electric was settled by a count-back of total points scored throughout the tournament. A&M was declared the fifth-place team, helped along with goals in their final game from Levi McQueen with a single and Cameron Ardiel with two.
Scoring for Bridge Lake in the final was Luke Jewitt with one and Tanner Hooper with a pair. Both teams finished the tournament with a two and two record.
Williams Lake Warriors took seventh place over Ainsworth Timber Chix all-girl team, which posted a tie and three losses.
Bridge Lake coach Duane Glen had kudos for all of the 100 Mile House players.
“The local kids played well. Some of my team members played with the flu, but they put up a good effort. All of the kids played hard and had fun and it was a pretty good weekend for them.”
