The Naskup Peewee Falcons played host to the Pee Wee Power hockey tournament this weekend, facing off against teams fromVernon, Salmon Arm, and Kaslo.
As host, the Falcons played the first game of the tournament against the Vernon Chiefs.
It was a good start to the weekend for the Falcons. The team scored their first goal about thirty seconds into the first period,with a second goal scored shortly after.
The Chiefs tried and tried, but by the end of the period, Falcons had won with a score of 7-1.
Wayne Hascarl, head coach of the Falcons, was optimistic.
“There are a couple of good teams here,” he said. “We haven’t seen Salmon Arm play yet, we know the next Vernon team is agood team.”
Despite the good start to the tournament, things seemed to go downhill for the Falcons during their two games on Saturday.
They lost their second game of the tournament to the Vernon Rebels, with a score of 7-4, and were defeated by the Salmon ArmTitans with a score of 3-1.
“They took advantage of our weaknesses and started throwing them at us,” said Ewan Carter, team captain of the Falcons. “Wejust got angry, and started taking penalties.”
By the end of the third game, a combined total of 13 penalties had been given out.
It wasn’t all losses at the tournament.
50/50 tickets were sold at each event, and there was a raffle table near the concession stand, with a variety of different giftbaskets. Money raised goes back into funding minor hockey in the area.
Each basket had a different name or theme. There was one called “Date Night”, which featured things like wine, and a selectionof chocolates, and “Slumber Party”, which had board games, cosmetics, and different flavours of hot chocolate.
By Sunday, things had picked up for the Falcons. They managed to eke their way out of last place and into fifth.
All in all, it was a good tournament.
“The Falcons played hard,” said Kristy Robins, manager of the Falcons. “There was tough competition, we had some good teamsfrom Salmon Arm and Vernon that came out, and they played well.”
The Falcons have three home games remaining in the season.
Playoffs this year take place in Boundary, and are on the last weekend of February.