At the U14 South provincial tournament, the Ice fell 9-3 to the Lumsden Cubs and 20-3 to the Regina Lazers on Friday before dropping an 11-1 decision to the Balgonie Storm in their opening game Saturday. They close out their provincial appearance against the Regina Royals Rippers on Saturday night.
Things were closer for the U19 Ice, but they were still unable to find the win column, falling 4-2 to the Saskatoon Selects and losing a 7-0 decision to the Prince Albert Aces in their Friday games, followed by a 6-3 loss in their opener Saturday. They wrap up their provincial tournament against the Saskatoon Selects later this evening.
Cubs 9, U14 Ice 3
Untimely errors proved to be the difference in U14 opener, as only three of Lumsden’s nine runs were earned.
Starter Kiarra Adrian took the hardest hit, with only two of her seven runs allowed counting as earned. She finished her three innings of work allowing six hits, two strikeouts and five walks. Peyton Mengel closed out the contest, allowing two runs on a hit and five walks, striking out three.
The Cubs did most of their damage with five runs in the third inning, taking a 7-1 lead.
Blake Maltais and Marisa Montgomery each had a hit and run scored for Moose Jaw, Taya Molde had their other run.
Lazers 20, U14 Ice 3
The Lazers’ offence was relentless in game two, with their top three hitters accounting for 11 runs on 11 hits and knocking in nine runs. Regina led 11-1 after two innings and scored the maximum seven runs in the second and fourth.
The Ice, meanwhile, had four hits in the game, with Maltais going 2-for-3 with a run scored and run batted in. Maddie Cruz and Adrian had their other hits, Kenzie Martel and Kyra Menzies their other runs.
Montgomery and Cruz saw action in the circle.
Storm 11, U14 Ice 1
The Ice were right with Balgonie through three innings, trailing 5-1, but the Storm scored six in the top of the fourth to put the contest away.
Moose Jaw managed only one hit in the contest, that coming off the bat of Dayna Newberry in the fourth inning. Mengel scored the lone Ice run in the second inning, reaching on an error and stealing her way around before scoring on a passed ball.
Mengel went the distance in the circle, allowing 10 earned runs on 10 hits and striking out three.
Selects 4, U19 Ice 2
Moose Jaw had their share of opportunities to put up runs -- as their 11 hits in the game would indicate -- but only managed to bring across single markers in the second and fifth innings.
Saskatoon, meanwhile, put up a three-spot in the third and tacked on an insurance marker in the fourth.
Malea Kletzel had a solid game at the plate, going 3-for-4 with a run scored, while Kalena Adrian was 2-for-4 and Paige McClinton 2-for-3, each knocking in a run. Sydney Miskiman also had two hits.
Adrian had a solid game in the circle, allowing four runs on seven hits and striking out nine over six innings.
Aces 7, U19 Ice 0
Prince Albert scored five runs in the second inning to build a 6-0 lead and added on one in the fourth to take the mercy-rule win.
Moose Jaw had only two hits in the game, those coming off the bats of Kletzel and Sidney Ellingson.
Taylor Luciak allowed all seven runs, but only two were earned, as the Aces’ big inning was aided by a pair of errors. She’d finish the game allowing seven hits and striking out two.
Kaos 6, Ice 3
Trailing 5-0, the Ice attempted a late-game comeback with a run in the sixth and two more in the seventh, but would just fall short.
The final inning saw some offensive fireworks for Moose Jaw, as Fysh led off the inning with a triple and one batter later Ember Dusomme would hit a two-run home run to get the Ice within three.
Kletzel was 1-for-3 with an RBI, Luciak scored their other run.
Pitching details were unavailable.
