The Kelowna Owls opened the 2017 Okanagan Valley senior AAA high school rugby season with a 29-12 win over the Salmon Arm Golds this week on home field.
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Sam Stringer, Aki Takimoto, Isaiah Moore and Austin Spink scored tries for the Kelowna Secondary School representatives while converts came from Dom Dubois.
The Owls are coming off a sixth-place finish at the B.C. School Sports triple-A provincial championship in 2016. It was the eighth straight year KSS placed among the top 10.
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Kelowna’s John Mlikotic earned his first paycheque as a pro by winning a Vancouver Golf Tour event in Langley this week.
The Immaculata High School and Simon Fraser University grad shot a 4-under-par 68 and took the tournament title by posting a birdie on the third playoff hole in a battle with Brady Stead of Victoria at the Pagoda Ridge Golf Course.
Mlikotic, 23, carded nine-hole scores of 34-34 that included a birdie on the 428-yard par-4 fourth hole and four birdies and a bogey on the back nine.
He earned $800 for his win.
The 2017 Thompson Okanagan Youth Soccer League season got underway during the past weekend.
The following is a roundup of games played by Kelowna United/Junior Heat teams:
Kelowna United Cobras U12 Boys vs Shuswap U12 Boys
The KU Cobras had a striking start to the season versus Shuswap. The passes were crisp, teamwork and organization to the fore and the defence tight leading to a first win for the team.
The team had many shots on goal in the first half but a solid display by the Shuswap goalie and defense kept the game close.
Kelowna United Cobras U12 Boys vs Kelowna United R U12 Boys
The game was a tight and well fought game which ended in a one goal defeat for the Cobras.
A bit of fatigue combined with the freshness of the opposition which had a bye, saw some tired legs but gave their all to the very end.
Kelowna United SWAT U12 Girls vs Salmon Arm V U12 Girls
The girls elected to focus as a team on defensive skills with pressure on the attacker.
For the most part they were successful. Passing and receiving were strong points.
Kelowna United SWAT U12 Girls vs Kamloops S U12 Girls
Game 2 was a good learning experience playing against a strong team. The group elected to work on passing and focused on first touch, using space and hustle.
Kelowna United V U13 Boys - 0 Shuswap U13 Boys – 2
The first game of the season was played against Shuswap. It was an even match, but an unfortunate pass awarded the first goal to Shuswap well into the game.
With the KU boys unable able to get the ball out of the box, Shuswap took another chance and scored their second goal close to half time.
Despite great goal scoring opportunities, the KU boys had to take a 2-0 defeat.
Kelowna United V U13 Boys - 1 Kamloops D U13 Boys – 0
In the second game, the KU boys came out strong, more focused and communicated with each other. They were awarded the 1-0 lead almost at half time.
Kamloops put pressure on in the second half to score the equalizer, but Kelowna held on to their lead and even had a close second scoring opportunity, but were denied by a good Kamloops defensive work.
KU/Junior Heat U13 Girls – 1 Kelowna United U13 Girls Thunder - 2
In a tough game against the Kelowna United Thunder and KU/Junior Heat U13 Girls, the KU Thunder team ended the game with a 2-1 win.
The first half started off strong with the Heat team scoring in the first 10 minutes after a rebound goal by Teghan McCormick from a saved shot on net by Olivia Lawrie.
The second goal of the day was by Kaedence Mollin from U13 Thunder in the second half with a finesse shot, with the final goal delivered by Thunder’s Paris Kirk on a semi-breakaway, assisted by Kaedence Mollin.
KU/Junior Heat U15 Boys – 3 Kamloops Blaze U15 Boys – 0
The KU/Junior Heat U15 Boys hosted Kamloops and won convincingly with a 3-0 finish with goals by Justin Matte, Miguel Ambrosio and Austin King with strong goalkeeping by Brennan Martin.
KU/Junior Heat U15 Boys – 7 Vernon U15 Boys - 0
On Sunday, the boys played Vernon at home and recorded a solid win and a second clean sheet of the season for goalkeeper Brennan Martin.
The first goal was scored on a penalty shot by Chris West and the second goal scored from a great header by Ethan Kersche.
The second half saw goals by Chris West, Tyson Douangpanya, Justin Matte and a pair by Miguel Ambrosio.
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