Junior Curling hits the ice
Penticton Curling Club has another season of junior curling starting on Thursday from 3:30 to 4:45 p.m. Kids aged seven to 17 are welcome to join. Anyone interested in joining should contact coach Sherrie Burechailo at curlgurl71@yahoo.ca. The club is also still looking for teams in most league’s, especially Sunday at 9 a.m. For more info on the club, visit www.pentictoncurlingclub.com.
Lakers take five in Lake Country
The Pen High Lakers senior boys volleyball team finished fifth out of 16 teams in a tournament hosted by the George Elliott Secondary Wolves in Lake Country. Standing out to Lakers coach Paul Mend was his players taking Mt. Boucherie, ranked fourth in the AAA standings as of Nov. 5, to five sets in the quarter-finals. “We won a very tight one with Maggie (ranked sixth in the AA standings) and then beat Okanagan Mission Huskies,” said Mend, adding his players just need to be more consistent and serve tougher. The Lakers, who are beginning to play with more consistency, wrap up league play Wednesday against the NorKam Saints in Kamloops, then will be in Okanagan Valley championship Nov. 16 at Mt. Boucherie.
The top three ranked teams in the AAA standings are Kelowna Secondary, Earl Marriot and Steveston London, respectively. The Lakers are ranked sixth.
Minor hockey snapshots
Penticton’s Peaches Lingerie midget female Vees doubled up Chase 4-2 on Nov. 2 in Chase. Scoring for the Vees were Katie Huston, Lena Madevon, Zoe Konanz and Sydney Garnett and assists by Kaitlin Black and Zoe Konanz. Sylvia Barnett played goal. Scoring for Chase was Cheyanne McNabb and Lindsay Eustache. On Sunday, the Vees were in Kamloops and won 7-1. Garnett, Maggie Robinson, Katherine Huston, Black, Sydney Sandrelli, Amy Main and Haley Lund led the Vees offensively. Katy Thorne was the lone Kamloops scorer.
The Sherwood Trophies pee wee Tier 2 junior Vees hosted Kelowna and lost 3-2 on Nov. 2. The Vees trailed 3-0 and received goals from Carson Shortreed and Cam Davie in the third. Assists went to Bevis Chou and Nolan Walton.
Goodis, Speijer lead Vikes and Heat
Former Pen High Laker Cassandra Goodis collected six assists and seven rebounds as the UVic Vikes women’s basketball team opened its Canadian Interuniversity Sport season with an 83-65 win.
Penticton’s Nate Speijer had 25 kills and 11 digs, but his effort wasn’t enough to help the UBC-O Heat men’s volleyball team defeat the Mount Royal Cougars. The Heat bounced back on Nov. 2 to defeat the Cougars in three sets. Speijer had 20 kills and 11 digs. During their season opener against Thompson Rivers University at the end of October, Speijer had 27 kills.
Holland finishes second at Grand Nationals
Penticton BMX racer Josh Holland enjoyed a good showing during Grand Nationals in Chilliwack over Thanksgiving weekend. The member of the Penticton BMX Club finished second in the Cruiser category.“It was good,” said Holland, who said it was harder than provincials. “I didn’t know what to expect going into the nationals because I didn’t do any of that this year. I was a bit surprised.” Holland enjoyed watching riders from the U.S. and said he’s motivated to return. While at Grand Nationals, he received his provincial cruiser and 20” (tire width) plates. He has put those away for now, but will hit the track next season with them on his bike. Holland, 15, is already itching for a new season to start. “It’s just a fun thing to do,” he said.
