PIERRE, S.D. – Several youth ice hockey players from the Pierre and Ft. Pirre Area played in a tournament over the weekend in Sioux Falls. The Pierre youth were members of The Junior Blizzard and competed in the NHG Combat Cup in Sioux Falls this past weekend and came home with the Championship. Pierre has four players that are competing in this level of hockey. Those players are Jarron Beck, Nick Gray, Grayson Hunsley and Carter Sanderson. The Junior Blizzard played the South Dakota Kings, Western Wranglers and the Wolverines. Junior Blizzard beat the Wolverines in a second battle to win the Championship. The Junior Blizzard outscored their opponents 37-6 on the weekend.
(Courtesy Photo: Back Row – Tytan Haight, Carter Sanderson, Brody Huls, Jordan Raatz, Nick Gray, Jarron Beck, Jacob Law, Donovan Peterson
Front Row – Jacob Peterson, Grayson Hunsley, Caden Van Briesen, Spenser Nickel, Cooper Deatherage,
Goalie Egan Jensen)