Swift Current Comp was the host site for SHSAA regional wrestling. On March 3, approximately 170 wrestlers from all over the province gathered to wrestle in various weight categories. Thanks to Swift Current Comp for hosting. It was a fantastic event with great sportsmanship and competition. Special thanks to Tracey Martin and Daniel Marchand for acting as commissioners. The top 4 in each weight category will advance to the SHSAA provincial wrestling which will take place in Saskatoon on March 9 and 10. The following Comp wrestlers placed and will now advance:
Aleah Nickel – 1st in 60 kg
Colt Cornelson – 1st in 53 kg
Luke Nelson – 1st in 65 kg
Sebastien Marchand – 1st in 73 kg
Emmett Guider – 2nd in 77 kg
Josh Keller – 3rd in 82 kg.
Good luck to the Swift Current Comp team and their coaches Daniel Marchand and Allen Blanke and manager Tracey Martin!
Maple Creek rink was the site of the SWAC junior district curling championships on March 2 and 3. Thank you to Maple Creek High School and commissioner Monique Bonneau for all their hard work. There was 4 girls, 4 boys and 7 open teams taking part. Congratulations to Maple Creek and their coach Kylie Parsonage on winning the girls’ title. They came from the B side and defeated Shaunavon twice to take the championship. Congrats to Swift Current Comp and their coach Mark Tollefson who captured the boys’ title by beating Frontier. Congrats to Val Marie and their coach Blaine Clement on winning the open title beating Shaunavon in the final.
There will be two SW teams advancing to SHSAA provincial curling. Maple Creek girls (coached by Holly Jamieson) and Gull Lake girls (coached by Bev Dutton) will be going to Ituna on March 9 & 10. Congrats to Maple Creek girls (skip Morgan Robinson, 3rd Sydney Windjack, 2nd Rayel Jamieson and lead Madison Glascock) on winning the SHSAA regional title at Moose Jaw on March 2 & 3. The girls defeated Assiniboia 6-2 in the first game then beat Gull Lake 8-5 in the A-B final. Gull Lake (skip Rachel Murray, 3rd Nikita Trapp, 2nd Brenlyn Butts and lead Jacey McCarty) won their first two game against Moose Jaw Central 10-6 and LCBI 8-3. After losing to Maple Creek in the A-B final, Gull Lake dropped to the B final and beat Moose Jaw Central 7-3 to claim the 2nd spot at provincials. Good luck to both girls teams!
Also curling at Moose Jaw were the two SW boys’ team – Swift Current Comp and Ponteix. The Comp boys defeated Moose Jaw Central 9-8 in the first game but lost in the A-B final to Mossbank 7-1. They then dropped to the B final but lost to Kindersley 7-6. Ponteix lost to Mossbank in the first game 6-4. They rebounded to beat Moose Jaw Central 5-4 but then lost to Kindersley 5-4.
The mixed regional curling was held in Assiniboia and the SW was represented by Maple Creek and Hodgeville. Maple Creek beat Assiniboia 7-6 but then lost in the A final to Rosetown #1 by a score of 7-6. They dropped to the B final where they lost to Assiniboia 11-3. Hodgeville started with a win over Moose Jaw Peacock 103 but then lost to Rosetown #1 by a score of 9-2. On the B side, they beat Rosetown #2 by a score of 9-7 but then lost to Assiniboia 6-4.
The SWAC junior boys basketball league championship was captured by Swift Current Comp grade 9’s. The Colts hosted Waldeck on Feb 27 and won by a score of 71-56. Congrats to the Colts and their coaches Juan Calabres, Justin Kehler, Ian Hayes and manager Linda Risdale.
Shaunavon hosted the senior boys and girls league basketball championship games on Feb 27. Congrats to the Shaunavon Shadows and their coaches Dean, Carl and Jaime Wilkins. They defeated Swift Current Jr Colts 85-72 to capture the title. Nixen Voll led the way for the Shadows with 24 pts while Austin Smith and Brett Kronberg added 17 pts each. The Colts top scorer was Bren Medina with 26 pts and Austin Wiebe added 16. Congrats to the Shaunavon Silhouettes and coaches Jaime Wilkins, Dean Wilkins, Courtney Bredahl and Tim Miller on winning the girl’s league title with a 65-51 win over Herbert Laurels. Jensen Piquette had 22 pts for the Silhouettes while Kerrigan Stevenson added 20. The Laurels top scorer was Jewel Jacobson with 14 followed by Olivia Peterson with 13 pts.
SHSAA basketball playoffs will start on the March 9/10 weekend with conference play. This will be followed by the top 16 playing in reginals on March 16/17. The top 4 in each population category will then advance to the provincial tournament HOOPLA at Prince Albert on March 23 & 24. The SW will host two conference playoffs on March 10. 1A girls conference play will be held at Leader with teams from Leader, Luseland, Kerrobert and Eatonia taking part. The top 2 will advance to Regionals. Herbert will host 2A girls conference play. The four teams participating will be Herbert, Shaunavon, Davidson and Moose Jaw Cornerstone. Top 2 advance to regionals. The rest of the SW teams will be on the road:
1A boys – Frontier and Herbert will travel to Coronach.
2A boys – Shaunavon will travel to Caronport.
3A boys – Maple Creek will travel to Biggar.
3A girls – Maple Creek will travel to Kindersley.
Good luck teams!