Hunter Wall goes for two points, beating two Rocanville players.
DAVIDSON—The Davidson Raiders capped off a successful season with an appearance at the 2018 Provincial High School Basketball Championships in Prince Albert March 23 and 24.
The Raiders played the Middle Lake Three Lakes School Avengers in the semi-final game on Friday, March 23. The score was close at the half, with the Avengers leading 40-31. The Middle Lake team pulled away in the second half of the game as the Raiders struggled with making their baskets. The Avengers won the game 81-69 to advance to the gold medal game against Lake Lenore. Mark Rettger led the Raiders in the semi-final with 37 points.
Davidson played Rocanville for bronze Saturday morning. The score was close after the first quarter, but was 53-19 at the half in favour of Rocanville. The Raiders rallied to try and close the gap. The final score was 88-59 for Rocanville. Middle Lake defeated Lake Lenore 75-53 to win the gold.
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The Kenaston Kodiaks won silver in the 1A girls division at the 2018 Provincial High School Basketball Championships (Hoopla) in Prince Albert on March 24.
The Kodiaks beat the St. Brieux Crusaders in the Friday, March 23 semi-final game.
Rachael Matovich led the Kodiaks with 19 points in the come-from-behind win. Kenaston was trailing by a score of 14-20 at the half, but came back in the second half, outscoring the Crusaders by 10 points in the half to clinch a spot in the gold medal game, winning by a score of 44-40.
The Kodiaks met Middle Lake’s Three Lakes School Avengers in the Saturday, March 25 final game.
For much of the game, the score was close with Kenaston leading for most of it.
Kenaston had an 11-9 lead at the end of the first quarter and led 28-23 at the half.
The score was tied 35-35 at the start of the fourth quarter. Early in the fourth, Kenaston’s Eve Matovich was injured by a Middle Lake player and had to spend the remainder of the game on the Kodiaks’ bench.
This seemed to be a momentum changer in the game as Middle Lake took advantage of Eve’s absence on the court to make a push and win the game by a score of 60-43.
Again, Rachael Matovich was the leading scorer for the Kodiaks with 15 points.
The two schools have a rivalry at Hoopla these past five years Kenaston won gold in 2017 and Middle Lake won silver. Middle Lake won the championship in 2016, 2015 and 2014 with Kenaston winning silver in 2015 and 2014. Kenaston won gold in 2013 with Middle Lake winning silver.
In the bronze medal game, St. Brieux defeated the Gladmar Falcons 55-42
Members of the Davidson Peewee Cyclones celebrate their league championship win.
By Tara de Ryk
DAVIDSON—Davidson Peewee Cyclones last Wednesday won the East Central Hockey League championship with an 11-2 win over Wynyard 1 in the final and deciding game of the best of three games series.
The series was tied 1-1, after Davidson won Game 1 by a score of 9-2 in Davidson on March 15, but recorded a 9-5 loss in Wynyard on Monday, March 19.
After the first period in last Wednesday’s game, the Cyclones left little room for doubt over who’d win the game. The Cyclones dominated the game and had a 4-0 lead after the first period and held a 7-0 lead by the end of the second.
Wynyard used its man advantage early in the third period to score a powerplay goal. Davidson responded to score three more goals for a 10-1 lead. With 11:45 remaining, Wynyard scored on the powerplay, but that was all the outmatched team could do.
The Cyclones scored their final and 11th goal of the game for the 11-2 game and league championship win.
Hayden O’Brien led the Cyclones with four goals and an assist. Zack Prpick had two goals and three assists, Parker Ackland had two goals, Kale O’Brien and Mason Palmer each had one goal and an assist and Cameren Rudniski had one goal. Quayden Dean and Evhan Allan each had a pair of assists, and Carson Palmer, Aiden Pasher, Kaden Berry, Dylan Hryniuk and Morgan Tastad each had assists in the game
Mason Palmer celebrates his goal that helped Davidson Peewee Cyclones clinch their Provincial ‘A’ series against the North Battleford Barons.
The Peewee Cyclones are playing the Warman Wildcats in the north final of peewee ‘A’ provincials. The Cyclones were in Warman Saturday for Game 1 of the best of 2-game total point series. The game ended in a 6-6 tie. The second game is in Davidson this Saturday, March 17.
Strongfield’s Alyssa Glubis, 16, competes in badminton at the Saskatchewan Winter Games in North Battleford.Imperial’s Trevor Mooney and Chantelle Remlinger competed in target shooting at the Saskatchewan Winter Games.
By Tara de Ryk
Strongfield’s Alyssa Glubis and Imperial’s Chantelle Remlinger had the time of their lives Feb. 18 to 24 in North Battleford.
The high school students were amongst the province’s top young athletes competing in the Saskatchewan Winter Games.
They were members of Team Prairie Central, representing this district at the games.
Chantelle, 17, a Grade 11 student at Imperial School, competed in target shooting. She is new to target shooting, having taken up the sport three months before the games.
Chantelle said she had gone to the games hoping to do well and maybe bring home a medal.
She achieved this goal, winning silver in the target shooting team air pistol mixed event.
She was paired with 14-year-old Seth Norman of Martensville. Chantelle said they had never shot together before the games, but their combination paid off.
They each had to shoot 40 shots individually in a specific time limit to make it to the finals.
Trevor Mooney also competed at the winter games in target shooting. The 15-year-old Imperial School student finished fifth in the air rifle mixed team event and he finished eighth in the air rifle open and the air rifle super final events.
He trains with Chantelle. They practise at the Imperial rink and are coached by coach Lowell Strauss, who was also at the games coaching Prairie Central’s target shooting team.
Also on Team Prairie Central was Alyssa Glubis who competed in badminton.
She just turned 16 and faced formidable opponents. Her competitors were 18 and 19 years of age and happened to be the best teenaged badminton players in the province. Her first match was against the reigning provincial champ.
Jackson Allan wears the silver medal he helped Team Prairie Central’s hockey team win at th eSaskatchewan Winter Games last week.
DAVIDSON—Davidson’s Jackson Allan won silver last Wednesday at the Saskatchewan Winter Games.
Jackson, 13, played forward on Team Prairie Central’s hockey team that played in the gold medal game against Team Saskatoon.
The city team won 6-4, although the loss was tough, Jackson said the experience of playing in the finals at the Saskatchewan Winter Games was a thrill.
“It was great. It was really exciting,” Jackson said.
Prairie Central was undefeated in round-robin play. The team beat Parkland Valley 11-0 in its first game of the tournament the morning of Feb. 19. In the afternoon, Prairie Central faced off against Team Lakeland, beating them soundly 6-2. The next day Prairie Central met Regina. This game was much closer with Prairie Central coming away with a 6-5 win.
Jackson’s ice time was limited in the game against Regina. He pulled a groin muscle in the game against Lakeland and as a result was suffering from the injury.
Jackson had high praise for the treatment he received from the athletic therapists at the Saskatchewan Winter Games. Thanks to massage therapy and yards of tensor bandage, he was able to play in the gold medal game against Saskatoon.
“It still hurt, but I didn’t want to miss that final game,” Jackson said.
Despite the injury, Jackson was a significant factor for Team Prairie Central, scoring two of the team’s four goals, including his team’s first goal of the game.
