2025 Alberta Challenge: Day 1 Recap

RED DEER – The first day of the 2025 Alberta Challenge has concluded! Here is everything that went down on day 1! 

 

Game #1 

South Black  1 – South Grey 3 

Players of the Game:  

South Black: #20 Marley Ward 

South Grey: #1 Peyton Lane 


Game #2 

North Red  1 – North Yellow 3 

Players of the Game:  

North Red: #31 Kenzie Zidar 

North Yellow: #9 Katherine Belamisca 


Game #3 

South Green 1 – North Blue 2 

Players of the Game:  

South Green: #31 Reece Sloane 

North Blue: #2 Riley Bourque 

 


Game #4 

North Red 0 – South Black  3 

Players of the Game:  

North Red: #1 Brooklyn Raczynski 

South Black: #31 Kahli Giesbrecht 


Game #5 

North Yellow 3 – South Grey 3 

Players of the Game:  

North Yellow: #31 Quinn Smith

South Grey: #6 Ayla Poliakiwski


Tourism Red Deer Daily Photo Gallery: 

Moments from each day of competition are being captured and shared on the website in albums each day. Visit the link below to view the full gallery.  

Daily Gallery Link 


Panago Pizza Highlight of the Day: 

The Panago Highlight of the Day belongs to South Black forward Ainsley Kryway. She found the back of the net with a nice move on a breakaway for her first goal of the tournament.  

Click to View Highlight 


Gatorade Performer of the Day: 

#20 Noa Wiarda – South Grey 

The Gatorade Player of the Day is the athlete who best exemplifies the five qualities listed below. 

  1. Good Person – Know who you are.
  2. Character Player – Believe in yourself.
  3. Grit Player – Thrive on adversity.
  4. Leadership – Treat yourself & other people right.
  5. Standard of Performance – Focused approach on the process, ALWAYS COMPETE, EVERY DAY