For the week of February 12-18, 2003

Sun Valley/Wood River hockey seniors pose recently on resort ice. Front, goalie Joey Bohl. Back, from left, Ryne Reynoso, Kellen Chatterton, Zach Bloomfield and Noah Loyd. Express photo by Willy Cook

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High school Suns
take three in Boise

Still unbeaten in league

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By MICHAEL AMES
Express Staff Writer

What should have been a "clash of the titans," turned out to be yet another easy win for the Suns high school hockey team last weekend.

Heading back to Boise to face off against Timberline, the only other undefeated team in the Boise High School League, the Suns were hoping for stiff competition.

But, after a strong 5-1 win, their opponents seemed, as Suns coach Jean Bohl artfully labeled them, "the mouse that roared."

Perhaps meeting a paper tiger in the opening game of a weekend series was good for the high school Suns who now find themselves the only undefeated team in the league.

With a 15-0 record and a 41-5 goals earned vs. goals allowed in their last seven games, it seems little stands between this team and a state championship.

In games against, Timberline, Centennial, Bishop Kelly and Borah this past weekend, the Suns outshot their opponents 135-29, bringing the two-week shot total to a staggering 247-50.

The defensive pairings featuring Kellen Chatterton, Tyson Reynoso, Ryan Blackadar and Patrick Mullen have been impenetrable.

But, there has been no resulting laziness in net—this past weekend goalie Joey Bohl recorded his fourth shutout of the year and is now working on an eight-period shutout string.

In the big event against Timberline, Noah Loyd finished with a goal and an assist. Additional goals were sniped by Zach Bloomfield from Taylor Rothgeb, Blackadar from Loyd and two unassisted by Tate Mills and Chatterton.

On Saturday, the Suns took out Centennial 3-1. Loyd got another goal, this time with assists from Matt Fairfax and Blackadar. Mills scored another unassisted goal. Mullen had the last goal on an assist from Blackadar.

Sunday morning was anything but relaxed for Bishop Kelly as the Suns trounced them 8-1. Chatterton assisted Loyd twice that morning.

Even that standout performance was outdone by a Tate Mills hat trick. Mills took two assists from Rothgeb and one each from Mullen and Blackadar. Other goals came from Danny Gariepy assisted by Luke Livingston and Alex Sholes from Sinjin Thomas and Gariepy.

Coach Andrew Hebert used the last game of the weekend against Borah as practice and a chance for some younger players to get some ice time and earn some points as the Suns rolled to a smooth 7-0 victory.

The Suns got goals from Reynoso (1), Loyd (2), Thomas (1), Rothgeb (1) and Livingston (1), and Max Kuross got his first goal of the season. Assists went to Chatterton (3), Blackadar (2), Bloomfield (1), Kuross (2), Gariepy (2), Sholes (1), Mills (1), Thomas (1) and Reynoso (1).

Next weekend the Suns will travel to Salt Lake City for the Great Western Showcase where they will play the Phoenix Firebirds, a youth team from the Anaheim Mighty Duck organization, and also long-time rival Jackson Hole.

 

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