Westside News

The fifth round of the 2010 O.M.A.H.A. High School League playoff games have been played. The playoff brackets have been updated. OMAHA 2010 High School tournament brackets update 6

Please mark Tuesday, March 30, 2010 on your calendars and plan to attend an enjoyable event; the 2010 High School League Year-End Banquet. The banquet will again be held at the Mid-America Center in Council Bluffs, IA. The evening will include the announcement of the All-Academic teams, All-State teams, Leading Scorer, Defenseman of the Year, Most Valuable Player and recognition of the league and tournament champions. Social hour begins at 6:30 pm and dinner at 7:00 pm.

The following changes have been made to the High School League schedule:
12/28/09 – Westside vs. Prep Blue 9:30 pm game – changed to practice
1/4/09 – Elkhorn vs. Lincoln East 9:30 pm game – moved to 2/24/10 at 7:00 pm
2/22/10 – Prep White/Elkhorn 7:00 pm practice – moved to 2/22/10 at 9:30 pm
2/22/10 – Papillion/Metro North 9:30 pm practice – moved to 2/24/10 at 9:30 pm
2/24/10 – Prep Blue/Westside 8:15 pm practice – changed to game
2/24/10 – Millard North/Millard West 7:00 pm practice – moved to 2/22/10 at 7:00 pm

The 2009 Fall Freeze Tournament was held the weekend of November 14-15, 2009 at Moylan Iceplex. 2009 Fall Freeze Tournament bracket results. Fall Freeze Championship game photo gallery
Below: The 2009 Fall Freeze Champions Papillion with their First Place tournament medals after beating Prep White 4-2 on Sunday November 15, 2009 in the Championship game.

Westside played Elkhorn on Monday night, and saw a flury of activity early. Elkhorn scored early in the game; however, the Warriors regrouped and kept the shots on net close with Westside putting up 17 shots to Elkhorn’s 22. While the score was not reflective of the shots, Westside suffered their 1st loss of the season with a final score of 1 to 7. Dustin Lopez assisted by Connor Randleman were credited with Westside’s only goal @ 3:46 remaining in the 1st period.

Westside skates to 2 to 2 tie with Prep Blue in the opening game of the 2009 – 2010 High School Hockey Season.

Freddie Markey, with his senior leadership started the scoring with his unassisted goal in the 1st period. Westside completed their scoring two-thirds of the way through the second periond; with a beautiful pass from Chris Brownell to an awaiting Matt Craig on the opponents blue line. Zane Fletcher stood tall in net turning back 18 shots!

The 2009-2010 O.M.A.H.A. High School Hockey League individual team schedules have been posted on each team’s homepage.