Victoria Gazette - Victoria Moments

TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS AT EAU CLAIRE. Chaska Chanhassen Hockey Association PeeWee C Purple won the Chris Kurth Memorial Tournament in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, on January 8th, 2017. On its way to the championship, the team defeated Eau Claire 4-3, Verona 5-0, and Altoona 5-1.

Kneeling (l-r): Kyle Cody, Sean McGaughey, Colin Pierce, Brandon Hill, Xavier Harvieux. Standing: Brody Hill, Gran Penttinen, Jaxson Deutsch, Nicholas Stallock (Victoria), Cody Nahan, Cayden Fischer (Victoria), Wil Richter, Garrett Holasek, Alec Dreyer. Coaches: Coach Jim Stallock (Victoria), Coach Shawn Nahan, Coach Corey Fischer (Victoria).

Ryan Dreyer, Team Manager

Chaska, Minnesota

CHAMPIONS AT GRAND RAPIDS. Chaska Chanhassen Bantam B1 hockey team took home the championship trophy in the Star of the North Tournament in Grand Rapids on January 6th to 8th with a 7-2 win over Wayzata, a 4-3 win over Beaudette, a 10-0 over Grand Forks, and a championship game win of 2-1 over Minneapolis Storm.

Front (l-r): Brody Amrhein, Garrett Pritchard, Bishop Schugel (Victoria), Jack Hudnut, Ben McDonald (Victoria), Braedan Sanders. Middle: Ricky Steigerwald, Will Gute, Nick Preis, Joe Gerebi (Victoria). Back: Aiden Hamre (Victoria), Jacob Hill, Logan Starkey (Victoria), Landon Oldenkamp. Not pictured: Head Coach Kevin Hill, Assistant Coaches Scott Pritchard and Nick Gerebi (Victoria).

Courtney Hamre, Team Manager

Victoria, Minnesota

CHAMPS AT WACONIA. The Chanhassen 8A boys basketball team took 1st Place at the 2017 Waconia Winter Classic Tournament on January 8th. The team defeated Hopkins, Delano, and Waconia to take the title. Front (l-r): Sam Fagan, Tyson Sandness (Victoria), Ben Giles, Will Zay, Cooper Hanson. Back: Coach Chris Giles, Gavin Lund (Victoria), Adam Strobel, Austin Boll (Victoria), Ryan Maschka, Coach Craig Sandness (Victoria).

Cristin Maschka

Chanhassen, Minnesota

1ST AT BLAINE. 3RD AT LAKEVILLE. Chanhassen Boys 7B took 1st Place at the Blaine Tournament on January 14-15, defeating OMGBA (Osseo-Maple Grove Basketball Association), Burnsville, Blaine, and Sauk Rapids. The boys took 3rd place at the Lakeville North Tournament on January 21-22, defeating Lakeville South, Rosemount, and OMGBA. Front (l-r): Coach Henry Gallagher, Marcus Walton, Jack Gallagher, Matt Santini, Cole Donahe (Victoria). Back: Coach Tim Pass, Alex Carstens (Victoria), Mitchel Breza (Victoria), Derek Pass, Michael Rivera (Victoria), Ben Schmidt (Victoria), Coach Jason Schmidt (Victoria).

Susan Schmidt

Victoria, Minnesota

CHAMPIONS AT ST. PAUL. The CCHA Squirt C Purple team took the championship at the St. Paul Capitals Icebreaker Classic the weekend of January 7th and 8th with wins over Sioux Falls West 5-2, Prior Lake 4-2, and Shakopee 3-1. Goalies (front, l-r): Michael Mecuri (Victoria) and Grayson Buckley (Victoria). Kneeling: Leo Duff (Victoria), Dawson Perry, Evan Marsh, Josh Campbell, Tommy Hawley, Nate Wallace. Standing: Dominic Donato, Tyler Evans, Jacob Pelton (Victoria), Zachary Reiff (Victoria), Joey Nelson, Jackson Heath (Victoria), Roman Schreiber, Carter Gill. Back (Coaches): Joe Donato, Jake Evans, Jason Marsh, Mike Schreiber.

Stacy Reiff

Victoria, Minnesota

DANCE TEAM PLACES 4TH. Seniors from the Chanhassen Dance Team pose after placing 4th out of 14 from the metro area at the Edina Invitational on January 7th. We got to compete against great teams from Prior Lake, Spring Lake Park, Eagan, Anoka, and Edina. Chanhassen High School will host the section dance tournament on February 4th. L-r: Carlee Peterson (Victoria), Ali Winslow, Kendra Bredeson (Victoria), Natalie Shea, Melissa Parker (Victoria), Danielle Werning, Brianna Bogenreif. Not pictured: Tara Bounkeovisane.

Lisa Bredeson

Victoria, Minnesota

BIRTHDAYS AND A 60TH ANNIVERSARY. On Sunday, January 8th, 2017, we celebrated my wife's 78th birthday. She was born December 19th, 1938. She still looks 39 to me. A very loyal wife raising four kids when just 25. We also celebrated our 60th wedding anniversary and dined at a popular Uptown restaurant where my daughter Jill lives. I turn 88 on February 1st and she will be doing my favorite German ribs and Saurkraut. I had a recent fall which caused a delay in celebrations but I recovered well, with just six stitches in my nose. No hospitals for me. Just urgent care four days later. I know now not to go out to Floyd's on icy days, but it's still a great watering hole in Victoria. Pictured (left to right): Maggie (Nick's girlfriend), grandson Nick, Mal MacAlpine, granddaughter Meghan, daughter Valerie, daughter Jill, wife Lois MacAlpine.

Mal MacAlpine

Victoria, Minnesota

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