The Hi-Way 9 Peewee Raptors are making progress as they battle their way through the tiering round of the season.
After six games they have won two, and while some of their losses have been blowouts, other have been close. The one thing that ties them together is that the Raptors show promise on their offense, averaging almost five goals a game. These kinds of results are common in the early days of the season.
“They are just trying to place teams and we’ll figure out which tier we land in after this weekend,” said Coach Kadena Pierce.
Last Saturday, October 29 the team faced off against the 3Cs, a combination team of players from Consort, Coronation and Castor. Jesse Paarup was hot with two goals and three assists for five points, Kynan Perry had three goals and Chad Christensen had a single goal. Brennan Phillips and Jaxon Leavitt each had two assists and Rowan McCluskey had an assist. Despite this, they fell 9-6.
The next day they were on the road to play Indus and lost a close 6-4 battle. This time Perry had three goals, Paarup had one goal and two assists, Connor Prieston had three assists and Zachary Hern had one assist.
Coach Pierce says the team has a great attitude and is learning to gel.
“This team I have this year, a lot of them haven’t played with each other, so we are trying to develop a dynamic with them,” said Pierce. “We have a lot of work to do and a lot of strategy to work on.”
This season she only has three second-year players.
“They are a very young team, but have been doing very well, they are enjoying the season so far and I hope they can continue on with that. We have been working on a lot of sportsmanship and not paying attention to the score and working your hardest, and looking at the whole game. That has been very good for them,” she said.
This weekend the team is on home ice Saturday versus Stettler, game time is at 11:15. On Sunday, they are in Rockyford at 3:30 p.m.
