Slayed by Dragons
Penticton Fix Auto Ice Dragons cruised past the Vernon Dynamite 6-1 in atom house action. Madison Van Ryswyk earned the win in goal, while the offence came from Andrea Main with two, Meghan Cote, Lyndsy Acheson, Maya Bassot and Elisa Erhardt.
Knights net win
Penticton Barley Mill Knights edged Westside No.1 5-4 in game one of a best-of-three midget rec super league semifinal. Scoring for the Knights was Randy Brent with two goals and singles from Gunnar Fulton, Wes Rasmussen and Tyler Dones-Larsen. The second game is Saturday with puck drop at 8 p.m. at Penticton Memorial Arena.
Slo-pitch meeting
Penticton’s slo-pitch league is holding its annual general meeting on Feb. 21 at 7 p.m. at the Ramada Inn. The league is scheduled to begin April 1 and conclude June 24.
Lakers basketball
Top-ranked Kelowna Secondary School Owls visited the Pen High Lakers on the weekend and left with a 78-40 win. The senior boys basketball team played what coach Brad Findlay described as their “best basketball of the season in the first quarter.” However, the Lakers couldn’t maintain the intensity the entire game. Ty Moorman led the Lakers with 13 points and Ryan Sutcliffe scored 12. On Saturday against the Salmon Arm Golds, the Lakers won 56-33. Playing a strong man-to-man defence helped the Lakers build a 26-13 lead going into the half. That lead grew to 46-20. The Lakers offense was led by Jordan Farmer and Brody St. Martin with 11 points each. The Lakers play their last three league games this week. They play in Rutland on Wednesday and host South Kamloops Friday at 7:45 p.m. and North Kamloops Saturday at 1:45 p.m.
Senior girls
On Wednesday, the Lakers defeated the Voodoo 77-37 with an offence led by Bri Hrynyk with 14 points. Jen Black and Adra Greig scored 11 and 10 points respectively.
Apex alum places 12th in FIS event
Former Apex Ski Club member Silken Rauhala placed 12th and 13th during the Miele FIS giant Slalom race at Apex Mountain Feb. 5. During the Super G events, Rauhala didn’t finish, then was disqualified for the second race. Her best finish this season is ninth at Nakiska, Alta.
Men’s hockey
In Penticton men’s rec hockey action, Barrett Fugeta’s two-goal effort helped the Hitmen defeat the Mule Broncos 5-3. Leading the Broncos offence was Josh Seddon with two goals. The EcoDry Ice Dogs clobbered the Peacock’s Perch Wolverines 8-2. The Ice Dogs offence was led by Darren Belanger’s hattrick and two-goal efforts by Mike Funk and Nick Riep. Scoring for the Wolverines was Kevin MacDowall and Tyler Janzen. The Broncos dumped the Wolverines 12-5. Jordan Moss led teh Broncos with three goals, while Jamie Johnson, Josh Seddon and Eric Cerutti scored twice. Ryan Sjoberg led the Wolverines with two goals. The Bisons are in first place in the league with a 24-1-1 record. A distant 20 points behind are the Mule Broncos with 12 wins and in third are the Ice Dogs with 10 wins.
