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Crusaders still undefeated; AAA midget season is now on

Scoreboard update
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Here is a rundown of scores from games involving area teams over the past week:

Football

The winning season continues for the John Paul II Crusaders. The Crusaders were at home last week against Kindersley and laid on them a 38-3 hammering. The win moves JPII to a 4-0 record on the season. Their next action is Thursday in Delisle.

In six-man play the Hafford Vikings suffered their first defeat of the season after dropping a close one to Plenty last Thursday by a 42-40 score. The Vikings’ next action is at home to Kerrobert on Friday.

Hockey

The season is on for the Battlefords Stars in the Saskatchewan Midget AAA Hockey League. They commenced play on Sept. 29 at the league’s Warman Showcase event against the Yorkton RawTec Maulers.

That game saw the Maulers beat the Stars 3-2 in overtime. It was a disappointing finish for the Stars, who outshot Yorkton 43-24 in that contest.

The Stars got on the board in the first period as Carson Dobson scored from Quinn Strang. They held that lead through the second period, and in the third added one more from Nicholas Steciuk from Brayden Serhyenko and Jervahan Malabre-Gyorfi.

But in the final five munutes the Maulers tied it on goals by Massen Ziola, and then by Jayden Harris on the power play while Boxton Maxwell was serving a slashing penalty for the Stars.  

Josh Peppler finished the game with a goal in overtime to secure a 3-2 win.

The following day at the Showcase, the Stars took on the Regina Pat Canadians and it was another close contest, tied 2-2 going into the overtime period. The Stars got a goal by Cale Tuer-Treble in the first period, and from Luke Fennig who tied the game midway through in the third period.

Overtime solved nothing, however, and it took a sudden-death shootout for the Stars to come out on top, 3-2. It was Carson Dobson’s goal in the fourth shootout round that made the difference.

The Stars were scheduled to be in action again Tuesday night for their home opener against the Saskatoon Contacts. They also have two back-to-back games scheduled at home this Saturday and Sunday against the Regina Pat Canadians.

The Battlefords Sharks begin their AAA hockey season this weekend. Their home opener is set for Saturday night at home to the Prince Albert Bears at 7:30 p.m. The rematch is Sunday at 1:30 p.m.