Tropics’ undefeated streak ends

The Medicine Hat Tropics had their 27-game undefeated streak to start to the under-14 A ringette season snapped in a nailbiter on Saturday.

Andie Suhai scored a pair and Delaney Mastel, Kayla Robinson and Julia Tweed added individual markers to keep the pressure on, but the Calgary Bowview AC/DC held on to escape with a 6-5 victory and hand Medicine Hat their first loss of the season.

While the setback dropped Medicine Hat to 27-1 on the season, they bounced right back later that evening with an 8-2 blowout over the Calgary Bowview Riot.

Despite falling into a 2-0 hole, the Tropics rallied for eight unanswered goals to clinch the victory thanks to a hat trick from Jaida Wallis and two-goal performances from Marin Sinclair and Mastel. Robinson rounded out the scoring with an individual goal.

The Tropics also competed in a pair of exhibition games on Sunday against the Regina Roar, opening on a 9-4 victory before closing out the doubleheader with a 6-6 tie.

The Medicine Hat Tropics continued their pursuit of perfection with two more victories on Saturday. The Calgary Bowview AC/DC gave the Tropics their closest call of the season in a 6-5 contest, but Medicine Hat prevailed before defeating the Bowview Riot 8-2 to push their undefeated streak to an incredible 29-0.

Mission win gold

The Medicine Hat Mission under-16 A ringette team went all the way at the Leduc Wild Thing tournament this weekend.

Jada Harper, Amanda Robinson, Ashlyn Seale, Allison Mason, Cassidy Stock, and Wendy Tetrault all scored for Medicine Hat while Sydney Carlson held strong between the pipes to lift the Mission to a 6-2 victory over the Cochrane Rockies in the gold medal game.

The Mission opened the tournament with an 8-7 win over the Strathmore Ice before tying the Cochrane 6-6 and beating the Leduc Jaguars 130 to earn their place in the gold medal game.