Like many other hockey players, Kaitlyn Braun began her path in the sport when she was just a tyke.

“I was 3 or 4 and my brothers wanted to play street hockey,” said the junior goaltender, who on Feb. 5 helped the Southern Regional High School ice hockey team rout Lacey, 10-0, at Winding River Ice Rink. “They threw me in the net with just a helmet, a stick and leg pads, and they’d shoot on me all day. But I liked it, and I stuck with it. I’ve been playing with the boys since I was a squirt.