Golden Suns shine over Bears at Hoopla
The LeBoldus Golden Suns were golden at Hoopla.
The senior girls basketball team beat the Saskatoon Aden Bowman Bears 63-47 in Saturday’s 5A Saskatchewan High Schools Athletic Association championship goldmedal game in Prince Albert.
Ella Farthing, a Grade 11 point guard, led the Golden Suns with 19 points. Anna Weibe had 14 points for the Bears.
“I’m so excited,” Farthing told Evan Radford of the Prince Albert Daily Herald. “It was such a good experience. My whole team had so much fun, especially because we’re so young and we only have one Grade 12 on our team. It’s a huge accomplishment that we won provincials in Prince Albert.”
Saturday’s result was the sixth medal at Hoopla since 1997 for the Golden Suns’ girls teams. LeBoldus won provincial championships in 1997, 2006, 2007 and 2013 and a bronze medal in 2014.
“We came ready to play and usually we don’t come for the full 40 minutes,” Farthing said. “We were energized (Saturday) for the full 40 minutes and we were all in for the game.”
Farthing is already looking forward to next season with the Golden Suns.
“We have a great foundation for (next year),” Farthing said. “I think we’re going to do very well next year and the year after that because we have a great junior team, too.”
The Prince Albert Carlton Crusaders beat the Saskatoon Centennial Chargers 81-57 in the 5A girls bronze-medal game.
The Saskatoon St. Joseph Guardians defeated the Riffel Royals 5549 in the consolation final. Kennedy Hollinger scored 16 points for Riffel.
Also Saturday, the Regina Christian School Grizzlies swept the 3A boys and girls provincial championships.
Regina Christian defeated the Caronport Cougars 72-60 in the girls final. Regina’s leading scorer was unavailable at source.
The Grizzlies’ boys team captured its fourth provincial 3A championship since 2013 by beating the Birch Hills Marauders 7456.
The Grizzlies won boys titles in 2013, 2015 and 2017.
Dawson Dokkie scored 18 points for the Grizzlies.
In other final weekend results …
1A girls: The Middle Lake Avengers beat the Kenaston Kodiaks 60-43 in the girls final. Jenna Brockman netted 23 points for Middle Lake. The St. Brieux Crusaders beat the Gladmar Fighting Falcons 55-42 in the bronze-medal game.
1A boys: Middle Lake defeated the Lake Lenore Lancers 75-53 in the boys final. Jamie Davis led Middle Lake with 17 points. The Rocanville Rara Avis captured the bronze medal with an 88-59 win over the Davidson Raiders.
2A girls: Anna Wolitski had 26 points as the Wynyard Bears defeated the Asquith Athletics 72-37 in the final. In the bronze-medal game, the Harvest City Reapers beat the Canora Cougars 75-60. Eden Wells had 36 points for Harvest City.
2A boys: A 35-point performance by Breighdy Banarjee powered St. Brieux to a 100-84 victory over Caronport in the gold-medal game. The Saskatoon Legacy Christian School Eagles defeated the Osler VCA Lions 92-67 in the bronzemedal game.
4A girls: The Melfort Comets beat the Estevan Elecs 60-56 in the gold-medal game. Moose Jaw’s Peacock Toilers defeated the Moose Jaw Central Cyclones 90-43 in the bronze-medal match.
4A boys: Thirty-four points by Walker Happ in the final helped the Weyburn Eagles beat the Moose Jaw Central Cyclones 9876. Moose Jaw’s Vanier Vikings defeated the Toilers 74-68 to earn the bronze medal.
5A boys: St. Joseph beat Saskatoon’s Marion Graham Falcons 81-71 in the boys final. Saskatoon’s Holy Cross Crusaders won the bronze medal with a 78-56 victory over the Yorkton Regional Raiders.