It is that time of year for youth associations to be part of travelling tournaments and at the Journal, we love to share these quick hits with the community. If you have a group event to share with the community for sports or other activities, please email them to me and I will get them published. The most important piece of sharing these events is a quality photo. Please send an original file in. Photos downloaded from social media are often very difficult to print because they lose quality. Please also include the names of everyone in the picture and the photographers name so we can give credit where credit is due! If you copy the flow of what is below, you won’t go wrong! We look forward to seeing the photos come in.

Now, let’s take a look at these awesome kids and their successes!

The Raiders Bantam B2 team took home the Hastings-hosted Big Chill Tournament championship title defeating Farmington in a nail-biting 4-3 finish. Top Row (L to R): Coach Andy Burdick, Alex McGraw, Calen Jackson, Elliott Hagen, Jess DeNoyer, Charlie Meyers, Shane Reuter, Colton Fischbach, Gunnar Skov, Coach Chad Stewart and Coach Riley Stewart. Middle Row: Tyson Werner, Joey Leonard, Eric Gelhar, Drew Mamer, Brecken Fullerton and Brady Stewart Bottom Row (Goalie): Austin Viall. Not Pictured: Coach Jesse Viall. Photo courtesy of Nicole De-Noyer

The Raiders Bantam A Boys team took home third place in the Hastings-hosted Big Chill Tournament defeating St. Michael/Albertville 3-1 who were their only loss previously in the tournament. Standing L-R: Coach Jamie Stevens, Blake Weber, Matt Beyer, Will Savage, Carter Hanson, Carter Strong, Breydon Fedderly, Jack Woodwick, Luke Niederkorn, Coach Dan Zgoda and Coach Joey Trautmann. Kneeling: Jonas Schauer, Andrew McGraw, Charlie Stoffel, Michael Kennedy and Luke Sommers. Photo courtesy of Brent McGraw

Squirt C Blue traveled to Moorhead this weekend for the MYHA Squirt C Tournament and finished 3rd place out of 16 teams! In the first game, they beat Champlin Park 9-6. In the second game they beat Chaska Chanhassen Purple 4-3. The third game they lost to Walker 6-4 and took third place in the tournament over Moorhead White 7-2 in game four on Sunday. Left to Right Top row: Coaches – Derek Kuglin, Nick Schiller, Brian Hurley and Toby Thorn. Second row: Reid Rogge, Braxton Likes, Jacob Hurley, Colton Berg, Brayden Jennings, Dawson Bauer, John Bloomquist, Maddock Behnke, Jake Thorn, Cannon Werner and Avery Wetterlund. Third row: Myer Kuglin, Henry Sicard and Reid Mason. Bottom row: Tyler Monahan and Noah Schiller. Photo courtesy of Ashley Monahan