Submitted by Deb Reamer
Athletic Co-ordinator

Another busy week of sports action in the Chinook School Division.

Congratulations to the Abbey Senior girls curling team who won the bronze medal at provincial curling on March 4-6 in Glentworth.

The girls’ team is composed of skip Amy Halvorson, third Shelby Walker, second Kayla Marlin, lead Kelsey Scherger and coach Kevin Marlin.

After losing their first two games, the girls put together four victories in a row to advance to the championship round as a C-event qualifier.

The girls then lost a close 7-5 game to Kelliher in the semi, but rebounded in the bronze final. Abbey posted a 10-3 win over Saskatoon Holy Cross to capture the bronze medal.

The Abbey boys’ team (in Assiniboia) and Swift Current Comp mixed team (in Watrous) were also at provincials and experienced some success. Both teams had records of two wins and three losses. Congrats to all teams on representing Chinook at provincials.

On Tuesday, March 2 the junior basketball championships were held with Swift Current Comp hosting. In the girls’ final, Herbert Laurels posted an exciting 50-44 victory over the hometown Grade 9 Ardens to win the title.

The game was close throughout with the teams rarely more than four points apart. Herbert stretched the lead to six points near the end of the game with some timely steals.

Congratulations to the girls and their coach Ryan Gunstenson. High scorers for Herbert were Sydney Seib with 18 points and Ricki Doyle with 16. The Ardens had three players with eight points — Balsam Arwini, Alex Little and Mikayla Gates.

In the boys’ final, it was Swift Current Colts winning the league title for the third year in a row. The boys (coaches Duane Regier and Kevin Synder) posted a 73-63 win over Wymark Wolverines.

The game was relatively close throughout with Wymark running out of gas near the end. High scorers for the Colts were Rayneil Sangalang with 18 and Marshall Siemens with 13 points. Wymark was led by Winston Tschetter with 17 and Cal Rushka with 15 points.

Senior basketball teams began the road to provincials with conference play on March 5-6.

Herbert boys hosted 1A conference with four teams present — Mortlach, Allan, Craik and Herbert.

The Herbert boys advanced to the final with a 95-63 victory over Craik. They lost in the final to Mortlach 76-65 but will still advance to the next level — regionals.     

In 1A girls’ action, Herbert and Frontier travelled to Central Butte.

The Herbert girls lost to Frontier in the opening game by a score of 81-42, but the Herbert girls rebounded with wins over Elrose (98-26) and Plenty (73-56) to place third and advance to regionals.

The Frontier girls won the conference with a 90-74 win over the host Central Butte.

In 3A girls’ action at Shaunavon, Maple Creek lost a heartbreaker 49-48 to Kindersley to stop them from advancing.

Meanwhile Shaunavon posted two impressive victories over LCBI (62-46) and Outlook (48-47) to win the conference and advance to regionals.

3A boys’ was held at Moose Jaw Riverview. Maple Creek won their first game handily 92-16 over Assiniboia, but then lost to the eventual winner Moose Jaw Riverview 80-58 to eliminate them from further action.

Shaunavon boys advanced to the final with a win over Caronport 75-59 but lost to Moose Jaw Riverview 86-80. Shaunavon will still advance to regionals.

As well as the teams listed above, Swift Current Colts and Ardens will also be going to Regionals.
All regional action is March 12-13 with host sites yet to be determined.

The junior curling championships were held March 5-6 at Herbert and Morse rinks. The junior mixed title was won by Hazlet (coach Faye Keenleyside) who posted an exciting extra end victory over O. M. Irwin School from Swift Current. Meanwhile, in Herbert, the Frontier boys and girls captured the other two titles up for grabs. The Frontier boys won another exciting extra end game over Fox Valley.

The girls’ game went right to the wire with Frontier beating Herbert. Congrats to Frontier and their coaches Murray Legge and June Evenson. A big thank you to commissioner Tracy Philp and Herbert and Morse rinks for hosting.

Congratulations to the Swift Current Colts wrestling team who captured the regional championship March 6 in Prince Albert. The Ardens finished in second place. Overall the Comp has qualified  14 athletes to take part in the Provincial wrestling championships being held on March 12-13 in Regina. The following were the results and qualifying athletes from regionals:

• Gold medalists: Brady Hymers, Kaleb Smith, Brandon Hilts, Victoria Andreas, Natasha Cleaveley.
• Silver medalists: Duncan Shaw, Sheldon East, Brittany Morgan
• Bronze medalists: Wyatt Lines, Erin Hilts
• 4th place: Bom Piampinset, Kelsey Froese, Carlene James, Brooklyn Tschetter.
• Coaches – Allen Blanke and Dan Marchand. Good luck to the Comp’s wrestling team.
• 1A boys at Herbert — games Fri. 6 p.m. Herbert vs Borden; Fri. 8 p.m. Fillmore vs. Stoughton. Games Sat. noon and 2 p.m..
• 1A girls at Frontier — games Fri. 6 p.m. Frontier vs. Plenty; Fri. 8 p.m. Lake Lenore vs. Wolseley. Games Sat. noon and 2 p.m.
• 4A girls at Swift Current Comp — games Fri. 6 p.m. Swift Current Ardens vs. Regina Martin; Fri. 8 p.m. Balgonie vs. Estevan. Games Sat. 9 a.m. and 11 a.m.
Travelling teams from our area:
• Herbert girls — go to Fillmore;
• Shaunavon boys — go to Moosomin;
• Shaunavon girls — go to Humboldt;
• Swift Current Colts — go to Moose Jaw Central.