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Janine Hayward Martensville Messenger

The Saskatoon Rush know how to entertain their sell out crowds as they took the OT win over their rivals the Calgary Roughnecks Saturday night . The Rush forced a turnover in the Calgary zone as Jeff Cornwall found Adam Jones in front of the net who knocked in the winner . This makes six consecutive wins for the Rush who remain on top of the division with a 6-2 record . The Roughnecks are having a rough go as they came out with two wins to start the season but are on a 4-game skid .

Calgary were desperate for a win and had the lead for most of the game . They were up 3-2 in the second quarter as they added to their lead on a power play . Saskatoon ’ s Jeff Cornwall lessened the gap on a breakaway making it 4-3 . The Roughnecks answered back with two more quick goals . Calgary went into the half with a 7-6 lead over the Rush .

The Roughnecks came out strong in the third with two more quick goals and a 9-6 lead . Ben McIntosh capped off his hat trick to get the Rush ’ s seventh goal . They would tie things up in the fourth and Robert Church capitalized on a pass from Matthews to give the Rush their first lead10-9 . Calgary tied things at 10 but both teams were a man short when Robert Church scored a hat trick of his own to take the one point lead . With only 1:51 seconds left in regulation time , Roughneck forward Berg scored to send the game into overtime . The Rush didn ’ t need much time to capture the win in the overtime period as Adam Jones scored only 1:16 into the extra period .

The Rush are back on the road next week when they travel to Vancouver to face the Stealth .

RIGHT : Roughnecks player Tyler Burton gets held up by Nik Bilic of the Rush . ( Photo by Josh Schaefer / Saskatchewan Rush / GetMyPhoto . ca )

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Janine Hayward , Martensville Messenger

Softball Saskatchewan is sponsoring high performance teams for U14 and U16 girls softball athletes . The girls attended tryouts in the fall to become part of a winter training team . The goal is to develop athletes at a high level of play . They are put through fitness training and skills in preparation for some spring tournaments in March . There are two athletes from the Twin City Angels in the U14 team , Kate Kessler and Hayley McLean who are coached by Lara Dutton . The U16 North team coached by Lindsay Garchinski has nine girls on the team from the Twin City Angels .

ABOVE : Carlie Meikle at High Performance tryouts . ( Janine Hayward / Martensville Messenger )

They are ; Payton Allan , Jodi Bouvier , Kalei Larner , Carlie Meikle , Jillian and Erika Power , Brooklyn and Sydney Rowley , and Masen Sideroff . The coaches have to trim the teams down to 14 girls who will travel to the tournaments .

ABOVE : The High Performance Team Saskatchewan girls U14 and U16 held their tryouts and fitness testing at the MAP on Sunday . ( Janine Hayward / MM )