Hepso heats up to spark Wolverines
Lars Hepso fired four goals and Sam Nigg and Dylan Burton each had hattricks as Game Time Sports Wolverines thumped the Hitmen 11-5 in Penticton Men’s Rec Hockey League action.
Dan Fraser also scored for the winners. Michael Penny with two, Luc Rioux, Mark Petry and Greg Alexander replied for the Hitmen.
Biscuits 6 Wolverines 4: Lance Moran scored twice and Dave Sandrelli, Brandon Beck, Rory McDowall and Kenton Johnson also clicked in the Biscuits win.
MacMurchy with two, Nigg and Olli Dickson scored for Game Time.
Ice Dogs 8 Biscuits 8: Mitch MacMillan scored four goals for the EcoDry Ice Dogs as they battled to an 8-8 tie with Biscuits for the second time in a week.
Chad DeLeeuw, Brent Mosses, Mike Funk and Chad Kupczyk also scored for EcoDry.
Doug Chadwick and Colin Minardi with two each, Sandrelli, Rory McDowall and David Cox connected for Biscuits.
Wolverines 5 Broncos 5: Burton with two, Dan Fraser, Derek Grimm and Kam Crawford scored for the Wolverines.
Stuart Nisbet with three and Andrew Pond with two connected for the Broncos.
Loewen lifts Lakers past Mt. Boucherie
Kali Loewen collected 17 points, eight rebounds and four steals to lead the Pen-Hi Lakers to a 44-41 triumph over Mount Boucherie in Valley senior girls’ 3A basketball league action Tuesday at the West Kelowna school.
Kalli Doell hit two free throws with four seconds left and the Lakers were able to defend the three-point line to close it out and stay perfect in league play at 4-0.
Jennifer Hayman logged eight points, 11 rebounds, and six steals, Doell ended up with six points, seven rebounds and four steals, and Mattie Philip notched five points, six rebound and three steals.
"A tough, hard-fought win. We struggled to defend their size for much of the game, but the girls stayed with it and managed to get an important road win," said coach Chris Terris. "We're not playing pretty basketball (26 turnovers) and have struggled to shoot the ball (21 per cent) since returning from the break. If we can improve in those two areas, we can make a big jump.
"Kali and Jennifer have really started to click with some high-low action, finding each other for easy looks. They've carried us offensively for much of the season."
Mooy mops up in Monday Mixed play
Arlee Mooy was on some kind of a roll in Monday Night Mixed 5-pin bowling league action at the Roll N Stones Fun Centre.
Mooy ran the table on the ladies’ side with the high single of 313, high four-game of 954 and high average of 218.
On the men’s side, Mike Elder had the high single of 324, Bob Biro the high four-game of 1,019 and Stu Ryan the high average of 265.
Team Mike had the high single of 950 and Team Arlee the high fourgame of 3,323
Other 300-plus games were posted by Biro (321), John Koene (314) and Brenda Gillard (308).
In Thursday Night Men’s 10-pin league play, Biro kept breezing along by running the table with the high single of 225, high triple of 55 and high average of 187.
Other 200-plus games were recorded by Norm Mathers (222), Dave Deveney (202) and Dave Murrel (200).
On the team side, Deveney Stamps had the high single of 896 and El Rancho the high triple of 2,583.
Pens goalie taking leave of absence
Pittsburgh Penguins goaltender Matt Murray is taking a leave of absence from the team following the death of his father.
The Penguins announced Wednesday that James Murray, Matt's father, died on Tuesday in Ontario, Canada. Matt Murray, who backstopped Pittsburgh to consecutive Stanley Cup titles in 2016 and 2017, will be away from the team indefinitely. Murray took a brief trip home last week to tend to what the team called a "personal matter" at the time.
The Penguins began a three-game West Coast road trip on Wednesday in Anaheim.