Shadows advance to provincial 9-man football final
SHSAA PROVINCIAL 9-MAN FOOTBALL
The Shaunavon Shadows football team is headed to the provincial final! They beat the Melfort Comets in the Provincial semi-final at home (30-28).
They will now play on the road against Lumsden on November 11. Lumsden is the only team who has beaten Shaunavon this season, and the Shadows are focused on getting their revenge.
PROVINCIAL SOCCER
The SCCHS Ardens were in Yorkton for the SHSAA provincial soccer championship on October 27-28. They won their quarter-final game against Regina Winston Knoll (1-0). It was a dramatic victory. There was an awesome save by Ardens goalkeeper Olami Akinfiresoye on a late penalty kick to seal the win.
The Ardens played Saskatoon Holy Cross in the semi final and lost 4-0. That put the Ardens into the bronze medal match
against their season long nemesis Yorkton Regional. The Swift Current team battled hard, but lost by a heartbreaking score of 1-0. Being the fourth place team in 5A girls soccer is an awesome accomplishment.
Saskatoon was the host site for the 5A SHSAA provincial boys soccer championship. The SCCHS Colts lost their first game to Regina Campbell 3-0. They dropped to the consolation bracket and played Prince Albert St. Mary
on Saturday morning. The Colts lost 4-0 and were eliminated from the provincial tournament.
SHSAA SENIOR VOLLEYBALL PLAYOFFS
SHSAA Girls conference volleyball playoffs
occurred on November 4. At the 1A site in Cabri, Hazlet did not advance out of the round robin set of games. There were four teams (Fox Valley, Cabri, Frontier, Vanguard) with identical records heading into the final two matches, whoever won in the match would advance to Regionals. .
In the end, Fox Valley defeated Cabri (and wrapped up the #1 placing in the tournament) and Frontier defeated Vanguard (2-1) and claimed the second regional advancement spot.
Shaunavon hosted a 3A girls conference, with Maple Creek attending. There were two pools of three and Maple Creek played Shaunavon in the semi-final cross over match. It was an exciting game with Maple Creek advancing to the final with a hard-fought 2-1 victory (15-13 in the third set). Maple Creek then went on to beat Briercrest Christian Academy (2-0) in the final to claim the top seed heading into Regionals.
2A teams Ponteix and Gull Lake were in Moose Jaw for their conference tournament. Ponteix advanced to the semifinals, but was eliminated with a 2-0 loss to Moose Jaw Cornerstone. Gull Lake also advanced to the semi-final, but were defeated by Gravelbourg (2-0). Leader was in Eston for their 2A conference and did not advance into the playoff rounds.
Advancing to girls regionals are 3A Maple Creek, 1A Fox Valley, and Frontier and 5A SCCHS Ardens.
The SHSAA Boys conference tournaments are slated for November 10 and 11. 1A Herbert will host (Fox Valley attending), 2A Ponteix is hosting (Cabri attending). 1A Frontier, 2A Leader and 3A Shaunavon are on the road.
The 5A Swift Current Comp. Senior Colts will host a regional tournament (no conferences at 5A level) this weekend as well.