HANLEY—Hanley Composite School’s senior girls curling team were in Prince Albert March 6 and 7 looking to defend their provincial championship.
The team of skip Hanna Anderson, third Jill Kroeger, second Ashley Randall, lead Kirsten Cory, fifth Jasmine Heagy and coaches Scott Anderson and Melissa Koroll opened the tournament with convincing 13-0 win over the host team from St. Mary’s High School.
Next, the Hanley rink came up against a tough team from Maple Creek that went to an extra end. The exciting game ended with a Hanley 8-7 win.
In their third game of the championships, Hanley came up against a strong team from Lumsden, who handed the Hanley squad its first loss of the tourney. To advance to the semi-finals, Hanley had to play a tiebreaker against Maple Creek. This time Maple Creek was able to squeeze out a 4-3 win, ending Hanley’s run at provincials. Lumsden, who went undefeated in pool play at provincials, beat Maple Creek 7-1 in the gold medal game to win the 2015 provincial championship.
Hanley is proud of its senior girls’ team and their coach and congratulates them on making it back to provincials, a fitting end to an excellent season.
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Novice Huskies win Fertile Hockey League championship
OUTLOOK—The Davidson Novice Huskies beat their Fertile Valley Hockey League rivals when it mattered most to win the league championship.
The only defeats suffered by Davidson Novice Huskies all season came courtesy of the Outlook Icehawks.
The Huskies solved that problem last Wednesday by beating the Icehawks 7-6 to win the Fertile Valley Hockey League ‘A’ final.
It was the third game in the best of three-games series. The Icehawks beat the Huskies 15-5 in Game 1 in Outlook March 2. The Huskies battled back in Game 2 in Davidson March 6, to win 9-8 in overtime to even the series and force Game 3 in Outlook March 11.
Outlook got off to an early 2-0 lead, thanks to a powerplay goal two minutes into the game and another goal at the 13-minute mark. With 2:35 remaining, Mason Palmer scored to end the period with the Huskies down by one.
Less than a minute into the second period Kaden Berry scored to tie it 2-2. The Icehawks fired back to score and regain the lead. The Huskies mounted a comeback with Palmer scoring the tying goal 10 minutes into the period. Berry, from Palmer, scored soon after to give the Huskies the go-ahead goal. Palmer, from Nolan Kearns, added another to give the Huskies a 5-3 lead heading into the third period.
The Icehawks scored first to close the gap to 5-4. Palmer responded scoring two more goals for the Huskies to give them a 7-4 lead. The Icehawks poured it on in the third. In the last minute of the game, Icehawks got one puck past Huskies goalie Daxton Tichit and then kept up the onslaught to score another goal with 2 seconds remaining. Time ran out and the Huskies had the win and the league championship.
Peewee Huskies down Redvers Rockets
South Final Update: The Huskies beat Redvers 8-7 and have a one-point lead heading into this Saturday’s (March 14) final game of the South Final series in Davidson at 4 p.m. The team with the most points in the best of two game series will advance to the Provincial ‘D’ Final.
By Tara de Ryk
DAVIDSON—Davidson’s Pee Wee Huskies put away the Kincaid Outlaws Feb. 28 to advance to the South Final of the Saskatchewan Hockey Association (SHA) ‘D’ playoffs.
The win earned the Huskies a four-hour bus ride down to Redvers on Saturday to take on the Rockets, who were tops in the Moose Mountain Hockey League.
“It should be a good test for us,” Huskies Coach Barkley Prpick said before the game. “They sound like a decent squad.”
Having never played the Rockets or seen them play, the Huskies ventured into unknown territory Saturday. The aim was to win the game and rack up as many points as possible to give the Huskies a decent cushion for this Saturday’s game in Davidson.
The Huskies are glad to have Reid Babiarz back in the lineup; the 12-year-old player was off the roster for a bit after he broke his wrist skiing.
Prpick said he’s counting on his players to continue playing smart, disciplined hockey. He wants his team to keep the puck deep and make Redvers work for their 200 feet of ice instead of turning it over at the blue line.
“If we stay out of the penalty box, keep everyone fresh, we should be all right,” Prpick said.
Game 2 of the series takes place in Davidson this Saturday, March 14 at 4 p.m.
The winner of the Davidson/Redvers two games total points series will play the winner of the Macklin/Big River series for the SHA Provincial ‘D’ championship.
“Hopefully we’ll keep the rink full. The kids feed off the crowds,” Prpick said.
The Huskies split the South Semi-Final series against the Kincaid Outlaws.
The Huskies lost the game 3-4 in Davidson, but a 6-4 win the week before in Kincaid gave the Huskies a 2-point lead to take the best of two games total points series.
The first period of the Feb. 28 game remained scoreless. Kincaid was first on the scoreboard three minutes into the second period putting the puck by Huskies netminder Nathan Chomyshen. Davidson’s Kade McConnell tied it up ten minutes into the frame with helpers from Nolan Allan and Tyler Bahnman. The Outlaws responded to regain the lead and end the period with a 2-1 advantage.
Halfway through the third period Hunter Herback, from Allan, scored to tie the score 2-2. Kincaid responded two minutes later to regain the lead and then added another for a 4-2 lead. Allan, with four minutes remaining, scored to put the Huskies within one point. This was how the game would end with the Huskies recording the 3-4 loss, but it was enough for the Huskies to win the series.
While the Huskies keep their provincial playoff run alive, they’re also busy in Last Mountain Minor Hockey League playoffs. The pee wees are in the midst of a best of three games series against Wynyard. The pee wees will host Wynyard this Wednesday at 6 p.m.
Junior Raiders win West Central Districts
DAVIDSON—Davidson School’s junior boy Raiders defeated Biggar’s St. Gabriel Saints 43-26 last Wednesday to win the West Central District Championship.
“The kids played really well,” coach Kim Rettger said of the team’s effort.
Rettger, who coaches the senior boy Raiders, subbed as coach while the team’s head coach Garret Bailey was away at a conference.
Going into districts, the Raiders had anticipated meeting the Saints in the final.
Rettger said the team had a plan to deal with St. Gabe’s 6’2” big man.
“The key was to stop him so we put Blake Allan on him the whole game. Blake kept their big guy in check,” Rettger said.
The Raiders began the game playing a box-and-one zone defence, which Rettger said worked fairly well and then changed to a man-to-man defence that gave the Raiders even better results.
“Parker (Smith) was fabulous rebounding so was Clay (Murfitt) and Mark (Rettger) shot the lights out,” Rettger said.
Mark led the Raiders in scoring with 22 points. Parker had 16 points in the win.
The Raiders were able to get all their players on the court throughout the game, whereas St. Gabriel stayed with its starting five.
“We never ran away with the score, but we had control the whole game,” Rettger said.
The Raiders’ first game against Eston, whom the Raiders expected to beat handily started tougher than the team expected, despite the 62-37 score.
“They played well enough to win but it didn’t pan out as easy as they thought.”
Rettger said at the half, it was anybody’s game.
He switched up the defences, going away from a zone to man-to-man, which worked better for the team, plus in the second half, Rettger said the boys played much better.
Parker Smith had 26 points for the win, Mark Rettger had 17, Clay Murfitt put up 8 points and Blake Allan chipped in with 7 points.
Seniors at Conferences
Basketball season is over for the junior Raiders, but the action is just heating up for Davidson School’s senior teams that begin playoffs this weekend. The senior boys are hosting 1A conference finals this weekend. Teams from Kenaston, Allan, Central Butte, LCBI and Davidson will be vying for first and second place and a chance to advance to regional playoffs next weekend.
The senior girl Raiders will be in Regina competing for the 2A conference championship. They’ll come up against Regina Harvest City, Langenberg and Moose Jaw Cornerstone.
Tweet to battle for featherweight title
QU’APPELLE—The only disadvantage Charmaine Tweet foresees on her way to a featherweight championship at Invicta FC11 in Los Angeles this Friday is that in her role as challenger, she’ll be the first one in the cage.
She doesn’t like going into the cage first. She prefers to go in second, the better to intimidate her opponent.
“As soon as I start walking towards the cage I lock eyes with my opponent and I don’t look away until the fight starts,” Tweet says.
At 6 feet tall and fighting in the 136 to 145 pounds division, Tweet presents an imposing package of hard angles and chiseled muscle.
Who wouldn’t be intimidated?
Tweet’s fans, friends and family in Kenaston will be hoping that Cris “Cyborg” Justino will succumb to the stare down when she gets an eyeful of Tweet.
Their fight is the main event in the Invicta women’s fighting championships for mixed martial arts. Justino (12-1, 1 no contest) is the current women’s world featherweight champ.
Some in the MMA world view Justino’s fight with Tweet as a stop the Invicta champ has to make on her road to a UFC contract and a fight against UFC bantamweight champ Ronda Rousey.
“We’re going to put a stop to that,” Tweet said. “Underestimate me. I’m cool with that.”
Tweet says she knows better than anyone how well she fights.
To read the full story, please see the Feb. 23 edition of The Davidson Leader.
Cyclones bust Balcarres Broncs
DAVIDSON—Davidson Cyclones busted the Balcarres Broncs last Tuesday to advance to the Senior A South Semi-final against the Bethune Bulldogs.
Cyclones goalie Mark Zoerb shutout the Broncs to give his team the 5-0 win in Game 3 of the best of three-game series.
Cody Danberg (Pat Cey and Kyle Bortis) scored in the first minute of the game to put the Cyclones up 1-0.
While on the powerplay four minutes into the second period, Cey, from Zach Sim and Bortis, scored to give Davidson a two-goal advantage. Less than a minute later Carter Smith, from Derek Allan, padded the lead to 3-0. With eight minutes left in the period Bortis (Cey and Danberg) scored the Cyclones’ fourth unanswered goal of the game, ending Broncs’ goalie David Spooner’s night in net. The goalie change failed to turn the game to Balcarres’ favour. Bortis got his second goal of the game while the Cyclones were on the powerplay.
This would be the last goal of the night. The third period remained scoreless and Davidson skated away with the 5-0 win.
The Cyclones outplayed and out-hustled Balcarres throughout the game. The Broncs were noticeably out of gas and Spooner, who turned away 66 shots in Game 1 showed he is mortal.
“I think they wanted to try and win it in Balcarres the night before,” Cyclones coach Jason Shaw said.
This go-for-broke approach to Game 2 in Balcarres Feb. 16 cost the Broncs. Balcarres had a 2-0 lead late in the first period before Carter Smith, from Brett Ward, put Davidson on the scoreboard with 15 seconds remaining.
The score remained 2-1 well into the second period before Balcarres scored again to take a short-lived 3-1 lead. Seconds later, Brett Siroski, from Colton Allan, scored to close the gap. The Broncs came out in the third period with an early goal while on the powerplay for a 4-2 lead.
It looked as though the Broncs were on their way to a win and about to sweep the Cyclones out of provincials. Davidson, who had outshot Balcarres 32-17 by the end of the second period kept firing and wore Spooner down.
Sim scored first and then Cey had the tying goal. With three minutes remaining, Smith potted the go-ahead goal and Jason Schneider had the empty netter with 19 seconds remaining for the 6-4 win.
The Cyclones were in Bethune Sunday for Game 1 of the best of three South Semi-Final series. Game 2 is in Davidson this Thursday.