It was a good weekend of ice hockey for three Sun Valley teams during a home tourney at Sun Valley Skating Center. Visiting squads came from Boise, Idaho Falls and Salmon.
Local women's "C" team Sun Valley Twisters went 2-0 during the primarily U-19 girls' tournament. The Twisters MVP was center Dana Price.
Two U-19 girls' hockey teams competed and played incredibly well in front of the home crowd. The Sun Valley Black "A" squad went 1-1-1 over two days and the Sun Valley Red "B" team was 1-1 last weekend.
Sun Valley Black game jersey winner for the weekend was Ashley Hesteness. MVP awards went to Nellie Brown, Daniela Stokes, Hailey Zanes and Mattie Griswold.
Game puck winners for Sun Valley Red were Taylor Figge and Maddie Miller.
One highlight was special recognition for senior girls' captain Katie Pruett. She was honored along with her parents Dusty and Kathy Pruett. Katie, the only senior player the Lady Suns have had for a number of years, took home flowers, balloons and a new hockey stick.
Weekend details:
Sun Valley Twisters (2-0):
Won 5-0 over Salmon Rapids—goals by Jini Griffith (unassisted), Jen Schultz (Tristan Ellison Gralenski), Gralenski (Sara Schroeder, Dana Price), Schroeder (Griffith, Jennifer Biondi) and Mia Edsall (Schultz). Goalie was Sarah Benson (11 saves).
Won 4-2 over Sun Valley Red—goals by Edsall (unassisted), Fooh Provonsha (Becky Stokes, Edsall), Schroeder (Gralenski) and Price (Schroeder, Gralenski). Goalie was Tibby Plasse (29 saves).
Other Twisters players for coach John Ellison were Laura Blash, Lisa Wood, Lolly Greeninger and Susanne Connor.
SV U-19 Black girls (1-1-1):
Tied Boise Herricanes 0-0. Goalie was Emma Wilander (18 saves), SV outshot Boise 31-18.
Won 3-1 over Boise Herricanes—goals by Hailey Zanes (Frannie Sensenbrenner, Daniela Stokes), Stokes (unassisted) and Ashley Hesteness (Kelly Hennessy).
Lost 3-1 to Idaho Falls Eagles—power-play goal by Ashley Hesteness.
Other SV Black skaters were Devan Annan, Nellie Brown, Tanner Dredge, Aimee Evans, Maddie Griswold, Erin Hennessy, Dylan Peterson, Katie Pruett and Ellie Punnett.
SV U-19 Red girls (1-1):
Won 2-1 over Salmon—goals by Alli Hesteness (Taylor Figge) and Elena Almquist (Maddie Miller, Morgan Pintler. Goalie was Gina Rickling (17 saves).
Lost 4-2 to Sun Valley Twisters—goals by Alli Hesteness (Figge) and Miller (Hesteness). Goalie was Rickling (25 saves).
Other SV Red skaters were India Emerick, Georgie Goodwin, Karlie Jeneson, Olivia Mason, Tate McDorman and Ellie Swanson.
