Liam McFall and Brock Baranger both enjoyed three point games but it wasn’t enough to keep the Picton Pirates from a 5-4 loss to the Campbellford Rebels in Empire B Jr. C play in Picton on Saturday.

Baranger scored in the first period but the Pirates were down 4-1 by the midway point of the game.

McFall (pictured) scored twice in the second period to close the gap before Tyler Brewer scored what proved to be the game-winner for Campbellford in the third period. Jeff Kingdon also scored for Picton.

Trevor Green took the loss for the Pirates after allowing five goals on 50 shots.

After dropping three straight games, the Pirates (5-3-1-0) are looking to get back into the win column on Thursday when they host the first place Napanee Raiders (7-1-1-0).

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In Napanee, Adam Ruffolo a pair of second period goals and chipped in an assist to help the Napanee Raiders to a 6-4 win over the Picton Pirates in Empire B action on Tuesday.

The win pushed the Raiders’ lead to five points over Picton for first place in the Division A standings.

David Cozzi and Ryan Smetaniuk each had a goal and two assists in the win while Andrew Herr – with the game-winner – and David Kates also scored. Paul Fortin added two assists to push Napanee (7-1-1) to its third straight win.

Jack Davison had a goal and an assist for Picton (5-2-0) while Cale Evans, Cam Cleave and Ryan Sizer also scored. Josh Fagan had two assists in the loss.

Zak Vandenburg made 35 saves, including 19 in the third period to preserve the win whileTrevor Green took the loss after allowing six goals on 43 shots.

The Raiders return to action on Sunday when they travel to Amherstview (4-2-1) and host Port Hope (4-2-1) at home on Tuesday (7:30 p.m.) while the Pirates host Amherstview on Thursday (7:30 p.m.) and Campbellford (4-3-0) on Saturday (7:30 p.m.).

Photos by Aaron Bell/QuinteHockey.ca

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