Close games, finally, for peewee team
After none of their first four league games were separated by less than 10 goals, the Medicine Hat Sun Devils No. 1 peewee lacrosse team finally got in a couple close ones Saturday.
The Devils split their games in Lethbridge, falling 7-3 to the Brooks Drillers before beating the Cudas No. 2 side 9-6.
Everett Liefso, Torin Thickson and Baker Thompson had Medicine Hat’s goals against Brooks, which pulled away with a couple quick goals in the third after Liefso made it 3-2.
The win over Lethbridge was of the come-from-behind variety. Trailing 4-1, Liefso scored two of his four to kickstart a late second-period rally in which the Devils scored five times in a scant 3:45. Thickson also wound up with three, Thompson had one and Silas Swan the other.
Close was not how you’d describe the other peewee Sun Devils’ games Saturday.
At Nanton, the Devils No. 2 improved to 6-0 in Southern Alberta Lacrosse Association play with wins of 18-0 against Nanton and 160 against Claresholm.
Jack Henry had a ridiculous seven goals against Nanton. Madden Kelly and Wyatt Bower had four each, Christian Niebergall two and Brooklynne Painter one.
Against Claresholm it was Niebergall leading with five goals, followed by Henry and Madden Kelly with three each, Painter with two and Bower, Emersyn Baugh and Connor Acton with one apiece.
Bantam
At Lethbridge, the bantam Sun Devils No. 2 team dropped a pair of decisions Saturday.
Against the host Cudas No. 2 they fell 6-4 in a tight matchup. Aden Nevil had two while Kyren Brown and Houston Eakins had the other goals for Medicine Hat.
A 9-2 loss to Brooks saw the Drillers get off to a 5-0 lead before Chase Onheliger got the Devils’ first goal midway through the second period. Carter Schnuth had the other.
Novice
Medicine Hat’s novice teams hosted Lethbridge and Brooks Saturday at the Kinplex.
Sun Devils No. 1 beat the Cudas No. 3 team 6-3, but fell 8-1 to Brooks.
Sun Devils No. 2 edged Brooks 5-4 and handed the Crowsnest Pass Ravens a 13-2 loss.