Marinette Youth Hockey Association

 

BANTAM

The Thunder Bantam team hosted the Battle at the REC tournament this weekend and placed fourth among eight teams.

In their opening-round game on Friday, the Thunder squared off with McFarland and scored a 4-2 win behind a hattrick from Logan Sakovitz.

Chase Nerat got the scoring started in the first period with an assist from Wes Baty. Sakovitz made it 2-0 with an assist from Bryce Vincent.

McFarland tied the game early in the third period, but Sakovitz answered off an assist from Noah Gilbert with 3:35 to play, and later added an empty-netter to push the score to 4-2.

McFarland outshot the Thunder 42-14, but Alex King made 40 saves to seal the win.

In the semifinal round and third-place game against SHAW and Fox Valley respectively, the Thunder could not overcome lopsided shot counts. Ethan King made 42 saves against SHAW in a 5-0 loss, and Fox Valley ran away with a double-figure win in the following contest.

Marquette defeated SHAW 9-3 to take the tournament championship.

HIGH SCHOOL

The Thunder High School team will take another crack at opening its season on Sunday when the team hosts a doubleheader with Ontonagon, Mich. Game one is scheduled for a 10:45 a.m. start with game two to be played at 1:45 p.m..

The team was originally scheduled to open the season two weeks ago, but a state-wide referee shortage left the Thunder without officials. However, this weekend the games are on, and the Thunder will finally hit the ice.

The Thunder are coming off a 13-15-1 season, but a late surge in which the team went 7-3-1 over their final 11 games lifted them to the WAHA State semfinals.

SQUIRT A

The Thunder Squirt A team earned a win and a tie at Green Bay on Saturday.

Against Green Bay Gold, Liam Koch and Jaxen Teteak each scored a goal whils Sullivan Reek added two more to pick up a 4-4 tie.

Against Green Bay Black, the Thunder ran away with a 10-2 score. Reek five more goals to an impressive day, while Teteak scored four times and Koch added a goal as well.

SQUIRT B

The Thunder Squirt B suffered its first losses of the season when they took on Manitowoc’s A team on Saturday.

The Thunder did get goals from Carter Campbell and Ashton Behrens with assists from Ryan Haile and Liam Hofer. Liam Kegley made a combined 59 saves in the two contests.

THUNDER WEEKEND SCHEDULE

December 10-11

Saturday

Mites at Antigo Jamboree, 10 a.m.

Squirt B vs. Green Bay Gold, 8/10:45 a.m.

Peewee A vs. Fox Valley, 9:15 a.m./1:30 p.m.

Peewee B vs. Fox Valley, Noon/3 p.m.

Bantam at Shawano, 11 a.m./2 p.m.

Sunday

Squirt A vs. DePere 9:15 a.m./12:30 p.m.

Squirt B at Oshkosh 10:30 a.m./1:30 p.m.

Peewee B at Appleton 9:30 a.m./12:30 p.m.

High School vs. Ontonagon 10:45 a.m./1:45 p.m.