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Optimist Chiefs win Edge tournament

The Red Deer Optimist Chiefs came away champions at the Edge School Tournament on the weekend.
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The Red Deer Optimist Chiefs won at the Edge School tournament on the weekend. (Twitter photo)

The Red Deer Optimist Chiefs came away champions at the Edge School Tournament on the weekend.

In the thrilling prep division final against the host school, Deegan Mofford scored in 3-on-3 overtime with less than a second left. Mofford’s overtime tally in the 3-2 win was also his third goal of the game.

Red Deer was 3-1 on the weekend, with 23 goals for and only 12 against.

The Red Deer Sutter Fund Chiefs were 2-2-1 at the Mandi Schwartz Memorial Tournament in Wilcox, Sask.

They finished the weekend with a 4-1 victory over the Edmonton Panadas Sunday.



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About the Author: Byron Hackett

Byron has been the sports reporter at the advocate since December of 2016. He likes to spend his time in cold hockey arenas accompanied by luke warm, watered down coffee.
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