Matthews, Stewart lead Victoria Royals past Wenatchee on Sunday

WENATCHEE, Wash. (Interstat) — Caleb Matthews scored twice and Nolan Stewart had a goal and two assists as the Victoria Royals beat the Wenatchee Wild 5-2 on Sunday at Town Toyota Center. Attendance was 2,002. Victoria improved to 9-4; Wenatchee fell to 6-8. Matthews opened the scoring 1:03 into the first period, with Cameron Schmidt and Stewart assisting, and Ashton Brown made it 2-0 at 6:29. Kalen Miles answered for Wenatchee at 8:56. Matthews scored again in the second, assisted by Stewart and Odin Vauhkonen, before Marek Peroutka made it 4-1. Boston Tait scored for Wenatchee in the third, but Stewart closed the scoring at 17:11. Matthews had two goals, five shots on goal and two penalty minutes. Stewart had one goal, two assists and three shots; Schmidt had one assist and five shots; Peroutka had one goal and two shots; Vauhkonen had one assist and three shots; Brown had one goal and two shots; Hayden Moore had five shots and six penalty minutes; Sam Schulte and Axel Bisbee each had one shot; Kayden Longley had one assist and five shots for Wenatchee.