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Ponoka has a Zone 4 Champion

The Midget A Wolves are in the next round of playoffs after beating Stettler in the series last weekend
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Score - Noah Hackett of Ponoka Peewee A Stampeders scores his first of five goals

The Midget A Wolves are in the next round of playoffs after beating Stettler in the series last weekend while Peewee A Stampeders won the Zone 4 championship..

Wolves’ first home game was March 1 when they won 5-1. Dustin Bell scored all five goals against the Stettler Legion, securing the first win of the series.

The second game was March 2 in Stettler and the Wolves dominated again with a score of 7-4. Tyson Borg scored the first goal. Then Pritchard scored followed by Jared Davis, Riley Workman and Colton Somerville. Bell again made it to the book with two goals.

The Midget B team is tied in the series against Red Deer Baker Hughes. Ponoka won the first game 5-3 at home Feb. 27. Scorers were Logan Abrassart, Justin Hall, Avery King,  Jarrett Henderson with  Shawn Wilton scoring twice.

The second game in Red Deer was a different story. The Midget B team lost 6-3 with Pierre Clemmer, Shaw Wilton and Jarrett Henderson each scoring one. They were to play the third game March 3 at home.

Atom teams

The Ponoka A Atom players beat the Eckville Eagles in both games of the playoff series.

The first was at home March 1 where Ponoka trounced Eckville 10-1. Lead scorers for Ponoka were Maison Senft (3), Kael Street (3), Levi Busat (2), Adam Hoag and Joshua David both scored one.

The second game was in Eckville with Ponoka defeating Eckville 8-2. Scorers were Joshua David (4), Kael Street (2), Gavin Allen-Prefontaine and Levi Busat with one each.

Peewee team

Pewee A Stampeders are 2013 Zone 4 champions after they defeated Red Deer iHotel 14-4 on Saturday. They won the first game of the series 10-4 on Saturday, Feb. 22 on Red Deer.

The scorers for the local boys were Noah Hackett (5), Jayden Nokohoo (2), Emett Norn (2), Rylan Lefebvre, Luke Bonnett, Reagan Rabbit, Owen Feragen and Jared Bussiere.

For league playoffs the Peewee A team also won their first game March 2 with a 5-4 win in a best of three against the Bentley Bruins. Top scorers were Aidan Gratton, (2), Noah Hackett (2) and Rylan Lefebvre with one.

Bantam team

Bantam Stampeders lost to Rimbey Renegades 5-2 and missed the chance to become Zone 4 Champions on Saturday, March 1. Cyrus Thompson scored both goals for Ponoka Bantam team. In their first game last week on Tuesday, Feb. 25, they tied 3-3 with the Renegades in Rimbey.

Despite their loss of zone championship, Ponoka Bantam Stampeders advanced in the playoffs after beating Castor Cyclones 3-1 and 3-0 in the best of three series last week.

The first win was an away game Feb. 27 with a win of 3-0. Cyrus Thompson, Noah Spelrum and Cooper Jones scored.

The home game was Feb. 28 and Ponoka won again 3-1. Cooper Jones, Joshua Vold and Noah Spelrum each scored a goal.

Lacoka girls

The Lacoka Atom girls lost to the Maskwacis Atom girls over points in the series.

The first game was played an away game March 1 where Lacoka defeated their opponents 4-2. Leading scorers were Chloe Wilton (2), Camryn Willier and Kate Hollingsworth.

The second game was at home March 2 where the Lacoka girls lost 6-3. Leading scorers were Camryn Willier (2) and Chloe Wilton.

The Lacoka Bantam girls lost their first away game March 2 by 5-2 in the series against Endmoor Bantam Female team. Cassandra Hall scored the only two goals for the Lacoka team. Their next game is March 5 in Ponoka.

The Lacoka Midget Female Rockets had better luck in their first game against the Tofield Titans March 2. The Lacoka girls played in Lacombe and defeated Tofield 5-1.

Danica Polson earned a hat-trick and Jayde Rehbein and Amanda Burt each scored one goal.

By Ponoka News staff