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OKM juniors keep on winning; OK Rockets look to move up; Ringette's 27th annual Sweetheart tournament

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The top-ranked junior boys team in the Okanagan lived up to its lofty status by winning its own McDonalds OKM Huskies Hardwood Classic on the weekend.

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A convincing 62-39 victory over the Salmon Arm Golds in the final on Saturday completed a sweep of the Huskies’ three games on home court. They earned a berth in the title match by defeating the Vernon Panthers 50-35 in semifinal play and opened the eight-team tournament by handling the Osoyoos Rattlers 106-27.

<who>Photo Credit: Lorne White/KelownaNow </who>Matty Kopp scored 29 points in the final two games as the OKM Huskies won their own junior tournament.Ben Hitchens’ 20-point performance highlighted the Huskies’ play on offence in the final. Matty Kopp netted 14 points and Harry Bortolon added nine. Kopp led OKM with 15 points in the semifinal win over Vernon and Justin Charlton chipped in with nine points.

Four players reached double figures in the century-plus victory over Osoyoos. Bortolon’s 22 points was tops for the Huskies while Charlton contributed 18 to go along with Rylan Brownlee’s 15.

<who>Photo Credit: Lorne White/KelownaNow </who>Okanagan Mission Huskies' Justin Charlton, right, scored 18 points in a 106-27 win over Osoyoos.The Huskies, seeded eighth in the provincial junior rankings, will be one of the favourites to win the Central Okanagan zone title this week.

First-place finishers in the Central zone regular season, OKM were scheduled to play the Dr. Knox Falcons in a quarter-final game on Tuesday. The semifinals go on Wednesday and the championship game on Thursday at OKM starts at 6:30 p.m.

The top two teams in the zone playoffs will represent the Central Okanagan at the Valley championship tournament in Kamloops later this month. Four teams from the Okanagan will advance to the provincial championship in Langley.

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Okanagan Rockets take aim at second on home ice

Second place in the B.C. Major Midget Hockey League will be on the line this weekend at the CNC when the Okanagan Rockets play host to the Vancouver Northeast Chiefs.

The Kelowna-based Rockets (23-6-0-3), coming off a sweep of the visiting Valley West Hawks on the past weekend, are two points behind the second-place Chiefs (24-5-0-3), who split their two most recent games.

<who>Photo Credit: Lorne White/KelownaNow </who>Max Kryski scored both winning goals in the Okanagan Rockets' pair of wins on the weekend.A pair of game-winning goals by Max Kryski lifted the Rockets to within striking distance of the Chiefs on the weekend. He notched the winner with 6:27 remaining in a 3-1 win over Valley West on Saturday and scored his team-leading 20th goal of the season in overtime as the Rockets edged the Hawks 2-1 on Sunday at the CNC.

Ethan Trampuh added the insurance marker into an empty net in the first game while Rayman Bassi had opened the scoring with his 12th goal in 32 games.

<who>Photo Credit: Lorne White/KelownaNow </who>Kelowna's Hayden Courtney opened the scoring in a 2-1 Okanagan Rockets win on Sunday.On Sunday, Hayden Courtney staked the Rockets to a 1-0 lead in the first period, but Valley West tied it up on a goal by Trevor Isaksson late in the second.

Owen Partrick was the winning goaltender in Rockets wins.

Game start for the Rockets and Vancouver Northeast on Saturday is 3 p.m. while the two teams go at it again on Sunday beginning at 10 a.m. at the CNC.

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Ringette teams converge on Kelowna for Sweetheart tournament

An expanded schedule will include 90 teams from throughout B.C. and Alberta at the 27th annual Kelowna Sweetheart Ringette Tournament beginning on Friday.

<who>Photo Credit: Lorne White/KelownaNow </who>Two new divisions — U16AA and U19AA — have been added to the Sweetheart tournament that will again feature games in the U9 to U18+ divisions being held in all of the Central Okanagan Arenas.

Full Schedules

Play begins on Friday on all fronts while the playoffs and medal matches are set for Sunday.

Participation medals will be presented to all U9 to U12 players while gold, silver and bronze will go to the top teams in the U14 to U19AA divisions.

The Ringette Night In The Okanagan festivities are scheduled for Saturday at Royal LePage Place beginning at 5:45 p.m. All players, coaches and families are welcome to take part in the fun-filled night.

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