Rampage bounce back, Thunder suffer first defeat at USA Nationals
Both teams set to play on Saturday morning
Rampage bounce back, Thunder suffer first defeat at USA Nationals By Bethany Miller and Keaton Eberly | April 17, 2021 at 2:49 AM CDT - Updated April 17 at 2:49 AM
OMAHA, Neb. (WFIE) - The Evansville Thunder and Owensboro Rampage high school hockey teams remain busy on the ice this weekend, as both groups aim to make history in their USA Hockey Nationals debut.
Thursday saw a split between the two squads with Evansville coming away victorious in its opening game, and Owensboro stumbling out of the gate with a 11-0 blowout loss.
Evansville Thunder victorious, Owensboro Ramage stumbles at USA Nationals
Evansville Thunder victorious, Owensboro Ramage stumbles at USA Nationals By Bethany Miller and Keaton Eberly | April 15, 2021 at 11:37 PM CDT - Updated April 15 at 11:37 PM
OMAHA, Neb. (WFIE) - Two local Tri-State hockey teams are competing on the biggest stage that high school hockey has to offer.
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Owensboro Rampage both made history for their respective programs as the first teams to ever compete at the USA Hockey High School National Championship Tournament. Each team kicked off pool play in their respective brackets on Thursday afternoon.
It was an incredible showing for the Thunder in their opening round game, as Evansville took down Flower Mound, the Texas State Champions, in a 4-3 victory. This win is the first in program history at USA Hockey Nationals.
Owensboro Rampage receives heroic send-off to USA Nationals
Owensboro Rampage receives heroic send-off to USA Nationals By Bethany Miller | April 13, 2021 at 10:43 PM CDT - Updated April 13 at 10:43 PM
OWENSBORO, Ky. (WFIE) -Another Tri-State high school hockey team is making history, this time in Owensboro where the Rampage are set to become the first team in the city’s history to compete at the USA Hockey National Championships.
The Rampage made history by winning the Kentucky High School State Championship two years in a row and now for the first time ever will compete on the biggest stage high school hockey has to offer.
Evansville Thunder set to make history at USA Nationals
Evansville Thunder set to make history at USA Nationals By Bethany Miller | April 12, 2021 at 10:47 PM CDT - Updated April 12 at 10:48 PM
EVANSVILLE, Ind. (WFIE) -The Evansville Thunder hockey team will make history Thursday afternoon as the team will take the ice at the 2021 USA Nationals - the first high-school level team in Evansville to do so. Before heading to Omaha, Nebraska to compete, the Thunder held a youth clinic on Monday night. Thunder players and coaches helped organize drills for the Nashville Predators youth hockey program.
”It’s going to be an amazing experience for myself and the team. It’s also great for the organization to get more kids into this sport,” said sophomore defenseman, Eli Sommers.