In this photo: Kaden Dempsey (8) of the Kamloops Players Bench Raiders leads a rush out of his own zone against Kelowna in bantam tier 2 playoff action. Allen Douglas/KTW
Overtime heroics
With a 3-2 win over Kelowna in double-overtime in Game 3 of a best-of-three series, the peewee tier 2 Kamloops boys advanced to the second round of the playoffs.
Sheldon Gerlib played the hero, scoring in the second extra frame, with the assist going to Peyton Kelly.
This weekend, Kamloops will play the winner of a series between West Kelowna and Salmon Arm.
Hometown Kamloops topped Kelowna 4-1 in Game 1 on Friday and fell 7-2 in the Little Apple in Game 2 on Saturday. Game 3 was played in the Tournament Capital.
Racking up points on the weekend for Kamloops were Kelly (4G, 2A), Harjun Serown (1G, 1A), Branden Toye (1G), Keegan Fletcher (1G), Gerlib (1G), Kobe Pavlovich (1G), Cole Senum (2A), Jacob Proulx (2A) and Luke Petrie (1A).
Bailey Monteith played in net on Friday and Sunday, with Jared Sucro between the pipes on Saturday.
Lumberjacks win
The Lumberjacks chopped the Mean Machine 4-2 in weekend bantam recreation action.
Josh Olynyk and Andrew Warner had a pair of goals apiece for the Lumberjacks, who went with Kalen Aujla in goal.
Deegan Ludwig-Konrad (1G), Logan Clark (1G) and Riley Moore (2A) had the points for the Mean Machine.
Michael Love and Birch Mierau split time between the pipes.
Runaway Raiders
The Kamloops Players Bench Raiders swept their first-round playoff series against Kelowna on the weekend, winning 7-3 in Kamloops and 2-1 in Kelowna.
The tier 2 bantam club will move on to face the Penticton Vees in the second round.
Cody Jones (3G, 1A), Hayden Fidanza (2G, 1A), Breckin Erichuk (2G), Kaden Dempsey (1G,1A), Chad Petrie (1G, 1A), Hunter Beckett (2A), Connor Milburn (2A), Elias Wallace (1A), Brandon Gremaud (1A), Ben Ward (1A) and Nathan McDonald (1A) hit the scoresheet for the Raiders throughout the weekend.
Kaleb Virgo and Ethan Langenegger each picked up a goaltending victory.
Atom deadlock
The Bulldogs and the Chill played to a 3-3 draw in atom recreation action on the weekend.
Alesandro Comita (2G), Kiran Ramsay (1G), Jeremy McInnis (1A), Bennet Reaney (1A) and Gabe Wingerak (1A) chipped in for the Bulldogs. Kash Minion was in goal.
Maddix Ramunno (2G), Zora Keys (1G, 1A), Austin Barrett (1A) and Graem Bradley (1A) answered for the Chill. Gavin McLean took to the crease for the club.
Points for Patton
Jacob Patton netted a hat trick on the weekend, but it wasn’t enough to push the A-Team past the Snipers.
The Snipers won the peewee recreation game 6-4.
Ben Smith (1G) and Domenico Comita (1A) rounded out the scoring for the A-Team.
Kila Pigeon (2G), Dakota Reid (1G, 1A), Jacob Taylor (1G), Spencer Forsythe (1G), Kaleb Costigan (1G) and Stran Smith (1A) hit the scoresheet for the Snipers.
Zachary Kohorst backstopped the victory. Ethan Hardy was in goal for the A-Team.
Doubling up
The female peewee North Kamloops Royal Purple Mystix earned two weekend wins in OMAHA atom development play on the weekend.
Kamloops edged Kelowna 2-1 on Saturday at McArthur Island Sport and Event Centre and earned a 7-4 win over hometown Vernon on Sunday.
Recording points on the weekend for the Mystix were Nicole Thomas (3G), Natalie Knight (2G, 3A), Nola Clarke (2G), Camryn Filimek (1G, 3A), Carsen Moffett (1G, 1A), Camryn Mitchell (1A) and Amanda Martin (1A).
Rebekah Schmutz backstopped Kamloops.
Tight game
The Northern Trailer Petes edged the Elks Lodge No. 44 Hitmen 4-3 in bantam recreation play at Brock Arena on Sunday.
Registering points for the Petes were Jared Pringle (2G, 1A), Jimmy Gustason (2G) and Connor Humphrey (2A).
Nathan Sandulescu earned the victory between the pipes.
Notching points for the Hitmen were Riley Feere (1G), Keithan Mitchell (1G), Samuel Thacker (1G), AJ McInnis (1A), Blake Baldwin (1A) and Skye Conners (1A).
Victor Church backstopped the Hitmen.
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