2022-23 Blue Jay Hockey - Valley City
This season, Valley City HS has 7 kids who are playing for the Jamestown BlueJay High School boys and girls hockey teams. The boys started out the season ranked right in the middle of the state’s coach’s poll. Once they put their lines together and started meshing, the team rose up and advanced throughout the season, ending regular season play ranked #4 out of 10 in the West Region earning them a trip to state tournament play in Grand Forks. This would give them back-to-back state appearances. The girls’ team has freshman Mazie Ludwig on this year’s team and is currently sitting with a 4-17-1 record. Girls state hockey play takes place 2-4 March at the MAYSA in Minot..
The BlueJay boys hockey team had a memorable weekend playing three difficult games at the ND state hockey tournament at Ralph Englestad Arena in Grand Forks. Their toughest opponent, opening the tournament on Thursday, was the red power house, the Grand Forks Red River Roughriders. The Roughriders had 6 of the top 9 scorers in the state skating for them. The Jays did their best, but with very deep lines to work with, the Roughriders wore through and defeated the Jays 7-0. This put Jamestown up against Minot in Friday’s game. Jamestown had gone back and forth throughout the season with wins and losses against Minot. After a hard fought battle, and when the final buzzer sounded, Century was up 2-1 and took home the win, placing Jamestown #6 in the state. Goalie Andrew Walz had an amazing tournament, with a total of 117 saves, he was only 5 away from setting the tournament record.