Yale came out on top of the first ever BC high school hockey championship.  More important than the win, was the tremendous class and mental toughness the kids demonstrated at the Pitt Meadows Blue Arena yesterday. Walnut Grove secondary had a team of Gr 11's and 12's and their game plan from the beginning was to intimidate our team of Gr 10's.  However, our boys stuck to their game plan and refused to take retaliatory penalties which put us on the powerplay early.  At the end of two periods we were only up by 2 goals.  Then, as Walnut Grove got more and more frustrated, we stayed cool and drove 3 nails in their coffin by going on the powerplay.  Final score: 7-2.  Devon Toews took home MVP.  The 5.7" forward led the tournament in scoring over senior Major Midget players and WHL draft picks Dalton Sward, and Connor Sanvido.  Our goalie Mackenzie Skapski, who survived the worst trauma of the horrific Bus crash in Prince George this year, battled hard as this tournament was the first games he played in following the accident in December.  Well done boys!

Yale's Junior girls Soccer team defeated DW Poppy 5-0 on Thursday. Kendra Arnold started the scoring off, by manoevering around the defense, then blasting a shot into the net.  Centre mid-fielder Brianna Loewen scored the next two goals, with her strong kicks from the 18 yard line.  Sami Hesketh scored the fourth goal by her aggressive play up front. Kendra put the fifth goal in.  A great job by all the girls!  The next game is at Yale on Tuesday.