Four South Dakota teams featuring players from Pierre will compete this week for national championships.
They will compete in the USA Hockey Tier II National Championships. Boys tournaments will be played in Kalamazoo, Michigan and girls tournaments will be held in West Chester, Pennsylvania.
Team South Dakota 14 & under boys features Carter Sanderson, who scored 27 goals for the Oahe Capitals varsity team this season as an eighth-grader. Their first game in round-robin pool play will be against the Alaska Oilers at 6:30 PM CT on Thursday. Then, Team South Dakota will face the York Devils at 10:30 AM CT on Friday and the Indiana Irish Rovers at 12:45 PM CT on Saturday.
There are three girls teams headed to Pennsylvania, all featuring players from Pierre. Brenna Ullmann and Emily Nemec are on the 14 & under team. Sarah Bierne is on the 16 & under roster. Ashton Lee, Alyssa Stahl and Olivia Swenson play on the 19 & under team.
The girls’ round-robin schedules:
14U
Thursday – New Jersey Bandits – 4:15 PM CT
Friday – Philadelphia Junior Flyers – 12:15 PM CT
Saturday – Tri-Valley Lady Blue Devils (CA) – 10:05 AM CT
16U
Thursday – Florida Alliance – 11:00 AM CT
Friday – Honeybaked (MI) – 5:55 PM CT
Saturday – Fairbanks (AK) – 1:55 PM CT
19U
Thursday – Steel City Selects – NOON CT
Friday – Philadelphia Junior Flyers – 10:15 AM CT
Saturday – San Jose Sharks (CA) – 5:40 PM CT
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