The Salmon Arm Female midget A hockey team opened up its exhibition season with a win against Kelowna.
The tier one team, made up of girls from various communities in the Okanagan, had a strong showing Sunday with a 3-1 win against their K-Town opponents. Kelowna opened the scoring early in the first period, but the Silvertips managed to take the lead just before the period’s end, courtesy of Salmon Arm’s Brooke Miller, who scored her first-ever goal on a rebound off Chloey Martin’s point shot.
Armstrong’s Caitlyn Marshall and Hailey Haskell of Salmon Arm provided veteran leadership on defence for the ’Tips.
The Silvertips next exhibition game versus Kelowna, takes place in Salmon Arm at Hucul Pond on Saturday, Sept. 20 at 12:30 p.m.