Football, soccer playoffs; cross country provincials highlight SWAC sports
The week of October 7 was “School Sport Week” in Saskatchewan. There were lots of events happening in our SWAC schools.What a wonderful week of celebrating what makes school sport so special!
CROSS COUNTRY
SWAC sent 16 cross country athletes to the SHSAA provincial championship in Delisle. Bitter wind and cold temperatures had us at negative wind chill temperatures all day. The athletes and coaches toughed out the weather conditions and Chinook/SWAC should be very proud of them. Thanks to coaches Roberta McIntryre, Joanne Fournier, Alexus Weston and Stephen Boss for your leadership. Our only top 10 finish was Hillary Lacelle, from SCCHS, in midget girls. She finished 6th overall.....Congrats!!
Final Placings:
Midget girls (102 runners): Hillary Lacelle (SC) 6th; Kirsten Hanson (SC) 65th; Eve Boss (Wymark) 87th.
Midget boys (100 runners): Elijah Nicolas (Vanguard) 31st; Markus Kuzma (SC) 65th
Junior girls (67 runners): Kea Frase (SC) 26th; Alexandria Boss (SC) 54th.
Junior Boys (87 runners): Zander Rommelaere (SC) 29th; Rhys O'Neill (Ponteix) 39th; Emanuel Grimm (Hodgeville) 60th.
Senior girls (102 runners): Danika Messer (SC) 22nd; Janna St Jacques (SC) 34th; Amanda Thoreson (SC) 77th.
Senior boys (107 runners): Rueben Kuzman (SC) 24th; Dylan Pierce (SC) 51st; Austin Coward (SC) 73rd.
FOOTBALL
Gull Lake finished the regular season 6-man league with an away game to Hanley on Oct. 12. Unfortunately, they’ve lost their last league game. Now they wait for the 6-man league playoff game, in Outlook, on Saturday, Oct. 20.
On Oct. 12, Shaunavon hit the road for a game in Fort Qu’Appelle. The Shadows played in cold, wet conditions and battled to a 30-26 win. Also, on that night, Maple Creek hosted Lumsden, but could not come away with the win.
Shaunavon and Maple Creek play their last regular season 9-man league games on Friday, Oct 19. Maple Creek travels to Fort Qu’Appelle and Shaunavon will host Indian Head.
SCCHS finished 3rd in the MJ 12 man football league and the Colts hosted 6th place Estevan on Saturday, Oct. 13 and came away with a convincing 69-22 victory over Estevan. The Colts play in the MJ league semi-final this Saturday, Oct. 20.
SOCCER
SCCHS Colt and Arden soccer leagues have been completed. Arden’s won their last league game and placed 2nd in the league standings. SCCHS Colts placed first in their league. Both the Arden and Colt soccer teams were in Moose Jaw for league playoffs on Saturday, Oct. 13. The SCCHS soccer teams won and will now challenge for the MJ Soccer league championship on Tuesday, Oct 16.
Herbert Boys ended their exhibition season on a strong note, as they head into the SHSAA Regional playoffs. They won 3-1 over Vanier during a match up last week.
The Sask High School Athletic Association has given the SouthWest two Regional soccer tournaments (first step in provincial play downs).
Swift Current Ardens are hosting an 11 vs 11 girls regional (Weyburn and Yorkton attending) and Herbert boys are hosting a 7 vs 7 regional (Maymont and Delisle attending).
The first game is a 3A girl’s semifinal matchup on Friday, Oct. 19 at 3:30. The 1A boys will hit the field at 10:30 Saturday, Oct. 20 for the semifinal. The 3A girl’s finals is set for 12:30 and the 1A boy’s final is set for 3:30. The draw for the tournament will be posted on the SHSAA website.
All games are played at Irwin Field. Because this is the first round of SHSAA playoffs, a gate is charged. If you are coming to watch, we hope you’ll show your appreciation for high school sport by supporting the gate.
SENIOR VOLLEYBALL
The SWAC senior girls’ volleyball league continues after the Thanksgiving week break in the schedule.
Next league action is hosted on Tuesday, Oct. 16 in Eastend (Ponteix and Gull Lake attending) and in Hodgeville (Hazlet is attending).
JUNIOR VOLLEYBALL
Our junior volleyball section/subsection playoffs, the dates have been finalized.
Tuesday, Oct 23, Rolling Hills A boys and will be in Herbert and Whitemud boys will be in Frontier.
Wednesday, Oct. 24 playoffs include: Rolling Hills B boys at Irwin and Rolling Hills A girls at SCCHS. Oct. 25 playoffs have Rolling Hills B girls at Miller College (Pambrun) and Cypress Hills Boys in Fox Valley.
Playoffs happening on Oct. 27 are Cypress Hills girls in Cabri, Whitemud girls in Eastend.
KRAFT HEINZ PROJECT PLAY
Congratulations to Shaunavon! Their community is one of 4 across Canada vying for the Grand Prize of $250,000 (finalists receive $25,000). The money is to be used toward a recreational facility upgrade. Shaunavon chose to upgrade Smith field for their football/track and field teams.
Go to “Kraft Heinz Project Play” (kraftheinzprojectplan.com) to watch their submission video, read about their plan and VOTE!! Online voting is now open and closes Oct. 19.
Social Media
School Sport is great entertainment. We hope to see you out supporting our young athletes as playoffs for various championships begin! Follow SWAC teams on twitter, Facebook and Instagram (swacsports)