It's the second and final Regular Season meeting between these two teams, and the second in a matter of a a couple weeks as the Bulldogs (20-16-2-3, 4th Island) host the West Kelowna Warriors (22-17-0-5, 4th Mainland) tonight at the Dog Pound.
These teams last met on January 11th in West Kelowna, a 4-2 Dogs win at the end of a three-in-three road trip. You can bet that the Warriors weren't happy with their game in that one, and they'll be out to make a statement to the Dogs tonight so the home side had best be ready for a tough challenge.
It's the start of a three game Island/Mainland trip for the Warriors, as they are in Powell River tomorrow night and Surrey on Sunday afternoon. The Warriors have already seen action this week, as they hosted Penticton on Tuesday night where they fell 8-4 to the Vees
The Bulldogs last saw action on Wednesday night, where they battled back from two goals down on two different instances to top the Grizzlies 4-3.
If you aren't in radio listening range of 93.3 The Peak FM you can listen/watch the game by:
Listening Live on your computer: www.933thepeak.com
Listening Live on your SmartPhone : www.tunein.com/mobile/
Watching Live on your computer/SmartPhone www.fasthockey.com
Tonight's 2nd Intermission guest is Ian Douglas, voice of the Salmon Arm Silverbacks, who the Dogs host tomorrow night for the first meeting between the teams this season.
PRESS
RELEASE
ALBERNI ARMADA
INVITATIONAL WRESTLING TOURNAMENT
GEARS UP FOR THEIR 32nd ON JANUARY 23-24, 2015
Big changes are
in place for the 32nd Annual Alberni Armada Invitational Wrestling
Tournament coming up January 23 – 24th. In an effort to connect more
closely with their roots at the high school the Invitational has moved to ADSS.
In doing so they have had to downsize somewhat from the years of over 600
competitors but this year’s event still expects over 400 to attend.
The Alberni
Invitational is widely considered the most prestigious high school wrestling
tournament in B.C. and has received recognition across Canada. The tournament started in 1980 and has run
every year except the four years the local wrestling group hosted the BC High
School Championships. That means 37 straight years that this dedicated group of
volunteers have run a major wrestling tournament in the Alberni Valley. The
event was held at the old ADSS from 1982 to 1994 before moving to Glenwood in
1995 and then the Multiplex in 2003 as it got so large.
“We are
extremely proud of the history and traditions our wrestling program has
established over the past 37 years. No other wrestling program in BC can boast
that they have run 37 major tournaments and many would be happy to have done it
once. This is our 32nd Invitational to go along with 4 Provincials
and it only happens because of the amazing volunteer spirit in our community”,
commented Tournament Director Tom McEvay.
McEvay
continued, “Since this is another milestone year for us we are calling on all
alumni to come back and celebrate with us. Come and take in the action, support
our current wrestlers, join us for some socializing and visit the incredible
new Alberni District Secondary School. We are very excited to showcase our
local wrestlers at ADSS as this is their program.”
Action at the 32nd
Invitational begins on Friday January 23rd with morning weigh-ins
for boys and girls in the Cadet and Juvenile divisions at 9 am at ADSS. There
will be some exhibition matches taking place from 10 am – noon to showcase ADSS
wrestlers in front of the ADSS student body. Tournament action gets underway at
12:30 pm and runs to at least 8:30 pm that evening all at ADSS.
The Alberni
Invitational tournament action will start again Saturday January 24th
at 8:30 am with the exciting semi-finals in each weight division. Preliminaries
continue until at about 11 am when placing matches begin. Finals are scheduled
for 1-5 pm that Saturday and admission is free but space will be limited.
Not only do
local fans have an opportunity for some great competition at the Invitational,
you also will once again see very competitive Alberni wrestlers. The ADSS Boys team is currently ranked in the
top 5 in the province and will do well at the BC’s.. They will likely battle it
out with over 60 other schools for the team title in the Juvenile and Cadet
divisions. These teams could include Guildford Park of Surrey, Carson Graham. Abby
Traditional, WJ Mouat, St Thomas Moore and
Island powers Cowichan, Esquimalt and Campbell River.
In the Juvenile
Girls division ADSS is ranked in the top 10 in BC with Carson Graham of North
Vancouver, St Thomas Moore and Ucluelet all top contenders. In the Schoolboy/girl division Alberni will
have strong teams from Neill and Dunn Middle Schools and both schools should be
in the top 10.
The AV Times
will feature pictures and write ups next week on all the top local wrestlers to
watch at the 32nd Invitational. It will be an exciting few days of
wrestling action in the place many observers call “The Wrestling Capital of BC –
Port Alberni! “
For more
information contact Tournament Director
TOM
McEVAY--- Phone home:724-0577 email tmcevay@alberniwrestling.ca
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