Sports shorts: Rustlers take Vernon tourney

The Ridge Meadows atom A1 Rustlers made short work of the Vernon Wolfpack in the championship final of the Vernon Senior Atom Rep Autumn Classic Hockey Tournament on Sunday, beating the home team 10-4 to take the top prize at the tournament.

The Rustlers went 3-1 at the tournament, falling in their opener to the Kelowna Blackhawks 5-4 before rebounding with three straight wins. Zack Guldemet led Rustlers scorers with eight goals and three assists. Colton Nikiforuk and Daytin Vidovich both had four goals and four assists, while Evan Walls had six goals and one assist. Brandon Armstrong led the defense with one goal and three assists.

Ryan Butler, Liam Evenson, Chris Armstrong, Sebastian Engalnd, Jay Roberts, Jack Voncina, Emmett Garrett, Riley Merritt, Ian Macdonald, Brady Szabados, Matthew Trulsen, and Darian Summerfeld also had strong performances to help Ridge Meadows win the tournament.

X-treme fall to Fusion

The Golden Ears United X-treme U-21 women’s soccer team travelled west of the Pitt River Sunday to take on the North Coquitlam Fusion, falling 2-1 to the home team.

The X-treme got off to slow start with clear conditions on the grass pitch, and found themselves on the defensive for much of the first 20 minutes of the game. A streaking Fusion player managed to get the ball over X-treme keeper Morgon Meys to give the Fusion a 1-0 lead late in the half. However, the X-treme rallied and pushed the play into the Fusion end and were rewarded with a goal off the foot of Kaleigh Storer at the 39-minute mark off of a pass from Alex Desautels.

The score remained 1-1 through to the end of the first half.

The second half saw action at both ends of the pitch with Meys making a number of diving save to keep the scored tied.

However, late in the second, Fusion attackers were able to get behind the X-treme midfield and score on the out-numbered defense to take the lead.

Despite pressure from Amy Skinner, Alysha Scales, Stefanie Ekeli and Lucy Rousey, the X-treme were unable to get the tying goal, falling 2-1 to North Coquitlam.

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