The Stealth -- made up of players from the Moose Jaw Lacrosse Association and other organizations in the southern part of the province -- won their opening game in the 12-and-under division 10-3 over the Regina Barracuda and split their first two 14U games, falling 7-3 to the Regina Barracuda and following with an 11-6 victory over the Saskatoon SWAT.
The 12U Stealth have two round-robin games remaining against the North Sask Predators and Saskatoon SWAT on Saturday evening and Sunday morning, while the 14U crew will rematch the SWAT in the semifinal on Sunday.
Stealth 12U 10, Barracuda 3
The Stealth wasted little time getting off to a fast start in the tournament opener, rolling out to a 3-0 lead in the first period and extending their edge to 6-1 through two before tacking on four insurance markers in the final frame.
Moose Jaw’s Caiden Arnott scored once and added a pair of assists, while fellow Mustang Kashton Smith had two goals to go along with single markers from Luke Turner, Hayden Nidesh and Vincent Griffiths.
Weyburn’s Alex Labrecque and Estevan’s Cameron Millbrandt each had two goals and an assist to lead the Stealth offence.
Barracuda 7, Stealth 14U 3
Things didn’t get off to the best of starts for the Stealth in the older division, as leading 2-1 after the first, Regina scored three straight goals to build a 5-1 second period lead. South Sask would get one back before the period was out but would get no closer.
Moose Jaw’s Lachlan Clark had one of the Stealth’s goals, Standing Buffalo’s Sawyer Leko and Jack Missal scored South Sask’s other markers.
Stealth 14U 11, Saskatoon 6
The Stealth apparently wanted nothing to do with falling behind in their second game of the tournament.
South Sask scored seven first-period goals -- including five in the game’s first six minutes -- to take control against the SWAT. Things were fairly even from there, as the two teams each scored twice in the second and the Stealth outscored Saskatoon 3-2 in the final frame.
The Mustangs’ Brodyn Pladson picked up where he left off after being named a provincial all-star two weekends ago, scoring three times and finishing with a four-point night.
Clark also had a solid contest with a goal and three points, while Leko had two goals and an assist. Swift Current’s Hudson Hayden scored a pair of goals, Missal and Lumsden’s Declan Armstrong each had single markers. Swift Current’s Brady Simpson picked up two assists.
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