<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\tJDHS would counter each early Tri-Valley score with one of their own until they took control of the ice.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
Tri-Valley’s Hjorth scored with 3:41 left in the first period (Ast. Williams, Taylor Eddington) and JDHS junior Elliot Welch scored with 1:10 left unassisted and Plang found another score with 10 seconds remaining (Ast. Holbrook) for a 3-2 lead.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
“This weekend is build up our confidence for the whole team,” JDHS junior Elliot Welch said. “Last week was hard. Our energy level was low. So this week, with two teams coming here, this is our last week for high school games before state. So we’ve got to build up our confidence, build up our energy levels again and then we’re going to have to go hard at state. So really it is good we can play Tri-Valley and Wasilla, that’s tough, so just in general it is hard because it is one week before state and we are going to be tired. But we have the endurance.”<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
JDHS would put four goals into the net in the second period with Holbrook on a power play at 5:48 (Ast. senior Dylan Sowa, Bovitz), Sowa at 3:53 (Ast. senior Zander Smith, Bovitz), Smith at 3:30 (Ast. Sowa, Bovitz) and Bovitz at 1:35 (Ast. Sowa). Tri-Valley’s Williams hit with 3:08 left in the second period for their final goal (Ast. Hjorth). JDHS would add their final score with 10 minutes left in the third period by junior Isaac Phelps (Ast. Sowa).<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
JDHS had no penalties in the contest and senior goalie Caleb Friend stopped 26 shots while Tri-Valley’s Elijah Graham stopped 22.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
In a late game Friday JDHS defeated DI Wasilla 2-1 behind a first period goal from Plang at 7:46 of the first period, assisted by senior Carter Miller, and a third period goal by Sowa at 9:53 unassisted. Wasilla freshman Elijah Barcelona scored at 12:50 of the second period assisted by junior Evan Owen.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
JDHS’ Friend stopped 29 shots on goal and Wasilla freshman goalie Braeden Willis 21.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
“I am sad to see the seniors go,” Welch said. “It is going to be tough next year. Seeing them go we have to have our juniors, and next year’s juniors, to step up and fill the places that these seniors are leaving behind.”<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
Welch noted the impact of the seniors and all seniors through his career.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
“Really it is not just this senior class,” he said. “I was swing my freshman year, varsity second and third, so each senior group has taught me stuff along the way and all of them have helped me improve my game. Not just one senior class, they have all helped me.”<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
Although JDHS had secured a spot in the state tournament the weekend was important for where that spot would be.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
“While we were trying to get more kids ice time we were also trying to be super competitive and we needed to win those games,” coach Boline said. “That is really important. We needed to do our job. We needed to win games and put our fate in our own hands.”<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
The JDHS seniors are giving fans everything they have in the tank over the weekend.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
“These are my last games,” Bovitz said. “It hasn’t really hit me yet. It’s weird to think about. I’ve had 15 years here so it is kind of crazy to feel and see.”<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
JDHS faces Wasilla again at 3 p.m. today and Tri-Valley at 8 p.m.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t
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