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Gold Wings win three up north

The South East U18 AA Goldwings female hockey team picked up three wins in three nights during a recent northern road trip.
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The South East U18 AA Goldwings female hockey team picked up three wins lately.

ESTEVAN - The South East U18 AA Goldwings female hockey team picked up three wins in three nights during a recent northern road trip.

The first game was a 2-1 victory over the Northwest Sharks on Friday night in Battleford. Paytin Copeland and Megan Reid scored less than five minutes apart in the second period to give the Gold Wings a 2-0 lead.

The Sharks would get one in the third.

The next day, the Goldwings beat the Western Prairie Aces 4-2 in Elrose. Katelyn Thackeray and Lauren Hasler each scored twice for the Gold Wings in the victory.

The final game was a 13-0 rout of the Prince Albert Foxes. Hassler and Thackeray each had two goals in the opening frame, and Copeland, Presleigh Runge and McKenna Walls also scored for a 7-0 Goldwings’ lead after the first period.

Walls had the only goal in the second period, and then Walls, Gracie LeBlanc, Gracie Hillrud, Dixie Correscadden and Trista Stadnick tallied in the third.

Walls added three assists for a six-point game, while Hassler added two helpers to go with her two goals.

Zelyck was in goal against the Battlefords and Prince Albert, while Phoenix Preston-Winder was the goalie versus Western Prairie.

The Gold Wings (7-6-1) will face the Parkland Fire on Dec. 11 in Melville.

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The Estevan Southland Pulse U15 Bearcats picked up their first win of the season Saturday with a 2-0 victory over the host Balcarres Barracudas.

Ella Fornwald scored the winner in the second for Estevan, and Kenza Martin tallied in the third.

Estevan then lost 4-2 to the Regina Rebels White on Sunday. Lainee McMillen and Brielle Farr scored for Estevan. Farr’s goal made it a 2-2 game in the third, but the Rebels scored twice in the final six minutes.

Casey Brady was in goal for both games.

Estevan also visited the Weyburn Gold Wings on Dec. 7. (Results were not available at press time). The Bearcats will visit Balcarres again on Dec. 12.

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The Estevan Power Dodge U13 Bearcats 1 defeated the Parkland Fire 8-3 Saturday in Melville.

Peyton McIntyre scored three times in the first period for Estevan, who led 5-2 after the opening frame. Halle Lozinsky and Katie Sauder also scored.

Sauder had the lone goal in the second and Ruby Graff and Bentlee Fairbrother scored in the third.

Taylor Short was in goal for the Bearcats 1 (2-3-1), who will host the Weyburn Gold Wings on Dec. 10 at 5:15 p.m. at Affinity Place, and the Fire on Dec. 12 at 3 p.m. at the Power Dodge Arena.

The Power Dodge Bearcats 2, meanwhile, lost 3-2 to the Balcarres Barracudas on Saturday and tied the Parkland Fire 7-7 in Melville on Sunday.

Kloe Barker and Taya Northrop scored in the third period of Saturday’s game to tie the contest, but the Barracudas posted the winner in the final minute.

Sunday’s game saw Estevan lead 5-2 at one point in the first period, only to fall behind 7-6 in the third. Chelsea Madsen scored the tying goal, her second of the game, with 8:21 remaining in the third.

Hase Morgan had a hat trick for Estevan. Northrop and Haven Bourassa also scored.

Adalyn Christopherson was in goal for both games.

The Bearcats 2 (2-6-1) will host the Madville Huskies on Dec. 10 at the Power Dodge Arena at 8:15 p.m., and the Parkland Fire on Dec. 11 at 2:45 p.m.

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The Estevan Senchuk U11 Bearcats 1 and 2 teams had a couple of showdowns on the weekend.

The two teams played to a 1-1 tie on Saturday, and then the Bearcats 2 won 1-0 on Sunday. Both games were played in Bienfait.

Scorers for the games were not available.

The Bearcats 1 were in Weyburn on Monday to face the Gold. (Results were not available at press time). They will visit the Weyburn Blizzards on Dec. 8.

As for the Bearcats 2, they dropped a 5-3 decision to the Madville Huskies Friday in Radville before the two other weekend games.

They were scheduled to visit the Blizzards on Dec. 7. (Results were not available at press time). Then they will visit the Blizzards again on Dec. 13.