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Cowichan peewee girls win home tournament

Capitals face toughest test so far against Tri-Port
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The peewee female Capitals celebrate winning gold at their own Thanksgiving Tournament. (Submitted)

Unbeaten in the regular season so far, the peewee girls Cowichan Valley Capitals faced their toughest challenge this season when the Tri-Port Wild visited for the team’s Thanksgiving Tournament last weekend.

The Island rivals squared off in the last game of the regular season, won 2-1 by Cowichan, then again in the gold-medal game, with Cowichan prevailing 6-3.

“The two games against Tri-Port have been the strongest competition so far this season,” Cowichan head coach Brad Scafe said. “Especially considering that the Tri-Port team carries six over-age bantam-age girls, while Cowichan has five under-age atom players.”

The size difference is noticeable, Scafe said, pointing out that his own daughter is nine, while some of the Tri-Port players could be as old as 13 or 14.

Cowichan opened the tournament with a 13-0 win over Victoria C1, led by hat tricks from Alijah Scafe and Seren Elkiw, two-goal games from Dixie Bergman, Rylee Wing and Karlee Poznecov and a single from Alivia Cousins.

That was followed by a 10-0 victory over Victoria C2 behind three goals from Poznecov, two each from Bergman and Elena Irving, and one each from Scafe, Elkiw and Wing.

Six different players scored in Cowichan’s 6-0 win over Nanaimo: Scafe, Elkiw, Bergman, Wing, Danielle Branting and Lydia Steen, while Sophia Kennedy earned her third consecutive shutout.

Elkiw and Poznecov did the scoring in the round-robin finale against Tri-Port, then each scored twice in the final against the same team, with singles from Branting and Bergman.



Kevin Rothbauer

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