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Saints top Hawks in league play

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   The St. Anthony’s girls junior varsity volleyball team has had a strong start to the volleyball season, and last week had a strong win over Hanna.
   The Saints hosted the Hawks on Thursday, October 6, and won three straight sets, 25-13, 25-12 and 25-19. Coach David Easter says following game, the team improved to a 1-1 record.
   “The team has improved a great deal from last year. The girls are practicing hard, and applying much of what we practice into game situations,” said coach Easter. “One of the best developments is seeing the team use our three hits most times when the ball comes our way.”
   One of the best aspects of his team he says, are the players’ attitudes.
   “They have become very good at communicating and pumping each other up, which has been very beneficial to our play thus far. It’s a fun group, and no matter the score, they are boosting one another and cheering their teammates on,” he said.
   Moving forward, the team is working on its skills to improve its game.
“There is lots to work on, but the main goal is to grow stronger as a team at dealing with well-struck balls coming our way,” said Easter. “Our girls are getting stronger at digging the ball out, but we need to be able to continue growing at this skill to be successful in future tournaments and games. Hitting is also high on the priority list, as we want to be able to finish off points more quickly and definitively.”
   The Saints are hosting a home tournament on October 21.

Dragons earn two points at weekend home stand, fall to Camrose

   The Drumheller Dragons were able to pick up two of a possible four points when they hosted both Calgary teams at home; one holding strong to the first place spot in the Viterra AJHL south, while one that is still looking to pick up its second win of the season.
   On Friday night the Dragons hosted the Calgary Canucks, who were sporting a 6-3-1 record. The Canucks went up late in the first period. The Dragons outshot the Canucks 14-7 in the second period and answered back 13 minutes in, when Brayden Nicholetts found the goal.
   The Canucks opened the third period with four straight goals in the first 5:36 of the game. Joren Patenaude scored on the power play about nine minutes in, but it was too little too late as the Canucks won 5-2.
   The Dragons were back in action on Saturday night when they took on the Calgary Mustangs. The Dragons outshot the Mustangs 37 to 29 as they cruised to a 6-2 win. Right away, the Dragons jumped out to a 5-1 lead in the first period with goals from Evan Rochowiak, Nicholetts, Brett Campbell, Stefan Wood and Brady Risk before the Mustangs found the net.
   The second period was scoreless. Seven minutes into the third period, Risk scored his second of the game. The Mustangs scored at the 12-minute mark, but that was as close as they could get.
   Campbell had three points with a goal and two assists and Dane Dow has his first win in net.

The Drumheller Dragons came out of the gate strong on Tuesday, October 11, but a three-goal flurry by the Camrose Kodiaks in the third period dashed their hopes.

The Dragons were on the road to face the Kodiaks and had the jump off the puck drop.

Just three and half minute in Brady Risk opened the scoring. 10 minutes later, Jordan Taupert scored on the powerplay, and then at the 18-minute mark, Markus Boguslavsky put the Dragons up by three.

The Kodiaks opened the second period with a goal, but the Dragons answered back on the powerplay when Joren Patenaude found the net. The Kodiaks scored one more to end the period with the Dragons leading 4-2.

In the third, the Kodiaks outshot the Dragons 20-2 and went on to score three straight goals to win 5-4.

The Dragons are back on home ice this Saturday night to play the Fort McMurray Oil Barons and then on Sunday afternoon versus the Grand Prairie Storm.

Drumheller Bantam Titans win by landslide

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   The Bantam Titans travelled to Springbank to play a game Saturday. The Titans played strong with an expected win and didn’t disappoint their fans, winning 44-0.
   Head coach Paul Redmond said, “Connor Enns, our running back, is also the backup quarterback. I had him start the game for experience and it worked well. Enns scored five or six touchdowns. Being 6’2 already, he is a fairly dominant player.”
   Redmond explained that the Bantam league has no restrictions except age and grade. Without weight restrictions this can make for a big difference in the size of athletes.
   “We can see a student who is barely 80 lbs next to a student who is close to 300 lbs.” Redmond laughed.
   The team recovered well from previous injuries and played with a full roster. Redmond said they look good going into next weekend’s game which is an exhibition game in Strathmore on Saturday, October 8 at 1 p.m.

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