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Dragons drop two over weekend

The Dragons started the week out strong but fell to two northern teams during their homestand over the weekend.
The Dragons were in Calgary on Tuesday, December 7 to take on the Calgary Canucks. Two early powerplays put the Dragons up, with goals from Griffin Asham-Moroz and Luke Fennig. Calgary scored one but Sam Lozinski added one more to put the Dragons up 3-1. Asham-Moroz added one in the second period, and Myles Hilman added another in the third. Calgary answered back one more time, but the Dragons went on to a 5-2 win.
On Friday, December 10, the Dragons were back on home ice to take on the Spruce Grove Saints. After a scoreless first period, despite the Dragons outshooting the Saints 14-6, Spruce Grove went ahead with three goals within 10 minutes of the second period, Grayson Dietrich and Carter Belitski each capitalized on power plays, but the Dragons continued to trail 4-2 after two periods.
Hillman added a powerplay goal less than six minutes into the third period, but the Saints added an empty netter as the clock dwindled, and capped it off with another to make it 6-3 Saints.
On Saturday, December 11, the Dragons hosted the Sherwood Park Crusaders and found themselves down a goal after one period. Hillman tied it up on the powerplay just 50 seconds into the second period, but the Crusaders continued to chip away, leaving with a 4-1 win.
It will be another busy week for the Dragons, heading to Camrose on Tuesday, December 14 to take on the Kodiaks. They are back home on Friday December 17 to play the Okotoks Oilers, before finishing their December schedule on Saturday, December 18 in Brooks.

Charmont Memorial Tournament marks 10 years

The Charmont Memorial Tournament has endured for 10 years and once again the Raptors shined. The tournament named in memory of Chris and John Charmont who lost their lives tragically in 2010, was played out at the Drumheller Memorial Arena over the weekend of November 12. The U11 Yavis Raptors, left, brought home the win over Sylvan Lake and the McDonalds Yavis Raptors, below, fell to Vauxhall. Drumheller Minor Hockey Association will be making a donation in honour of John and Christopher Charmont to the Charmont Bilingual School in Honduras.

Mustangs wrap season up at provincials

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The Morrin Mustangs Senior Girls Volleyball team is coming off one of their best seasons in recent history, with a win at zones, and a respectable finish at provincials.
The Mustangs wrapped up their season at the 1A provincial championship at Central Alberta Christian High School (CACHS) in Lacombe on November 25-27.
On Thursday, the Mustangs faced CACHS and lost in two sets, but bounced back and topped Picture Butte in three sets. On Friday they were bested by Parkland Emmanual but beat École Des Beaux Lacs from Bonnyville. This put them in third place in their pool.
On Saturday they crossed over and faced Consort, who defeated the Mustangs. There were quality teams at the tournament with close matches. The teams that defeated the Mustangs went on to claim gold, bronze, and fourth place.
Coach Amanda Batty is very proud of the team throughout the season.
“They are, by far, the most positive, fun-loving group I have ever coached,” said coach Batty. “They are never negative with each other, they are building each other up, and no matter what the score on the scoreboard is they find ways to have fun. We get comments everywhere we go. They are just a really special group.”
This squad has been together for a couple of seasons. Last year while they had no senior players and a lack of playing time due to COVID, they developed their skills and team play.
This paid off with a win at Zones defeating Rosemary and earning a spot at provincials.
Batty says they have three players graduating and have five players coming up to the senior level next season. Because they had a short bench at provincials because of injuries, they brought up some Grade 9 players to play.
“I have been telling them all season how proud I am of them. Not even volleyball skill-wise, that has all been great, but just for the atmosphere they have created with each other, we’ve been more like a family than a team,” said Batty.
The last time the Mustangs competed at provincials was 2015, and before that, 1996.

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