HOCKEY: Waterville hosts Christmas tournament
The Waterville Senior High School hockey team will host its annual Christmas Invitational Dec. 26 and 27 at Colby College.
The Panthers open play in the tournament against perennial Class B power Orono at 11 a.m. Wednesday. In the second game of the day, Spaulding High School of Barre, Vt. will play Eastern A power Brunswick at 1 p.m.
The consolation game will take place Thursday at 11 a.m., followed by the championship game at 1 p.m.
Spaulding is a regular in the tournament and has played Waterville a number of times in recent years. In the preseason, Waterville beat Spaulding 3-2 in the Gregg Thygessen Memorial Tournament in Vermont.