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Vernon Venom vanquish all opponents

It was a perfect ringette season for the Vernon Venom

It was a perfect ringette season for the Vernon Venom.

The U12 squad capped off an 18-0 year in the Thompson Okanagan Ringette League by downing the Kelowna Renegades 9-4 in Rutland.

Jordan Tung played a strong game to get the win in goal while the offence was led by Aimee Skinner, Makenna Jackson, Sierra Fernley and Kristen Francks with each player scoring twice.

Alyssa Patterson had the other goal for the Venom while Jackson, Patterson, Taylor Hewitt, Brianna Visser and Amelia Johnson had assists.

The girls’ success this season was due in large part to great coaching by parents Darcy Quiring, Dean Francks, Coralee Hamilton, and former Team B.C. player Kendra Ostafie, who took a year off playing to coach and mentor the younger girls.

The Vernon Storm U12 clinched second place in their last game of TORL ringette league play, beating the Kelowna Flash 9-6.

Both teams were aggressive but the speed and checking of Rhys Taylor-Hawes, Astrid Beaty and Miah Cohen stymied the Flash. Alecia Hughes established herself as a top goaltender with a stellar performance in the first half and ultimately assuring the win for the Storm.

Chayse Krause got a hat trick and two assists, passing to Sadie Weed for her goal. Sierra Lochhead scored twice and assisted Jasmine Horton’s goal. Kelowna’s attack came on strong in the second half but Shaila Austin answered with two back- to-back goals, assisted by Sam Shaw and Katrina Winstanley who were physically tough on the ice.