Ardron injures knee in loss
Lakefield’s Tyler Ardron suffered a knee injury early in Wednesday night’s Team Canada Pacific Nations Cup rugby game at the BMO Field in Toronto.
Ardron, who is Team Canada’s captain, was sporting an ice pack on his knee after being forced to leave the game in the fourth minute.
The No. 8 said he did not think the injury was too serious but was slated to undergo a scan to check the extent of the damage.
As Canada awaited word on rugby Ardron’s knee injury, Ray Barkwill’s battle scars were plain to see.
The hooker with the shaved head and beard was sporting 13 staples atop his scalp, a souvenir of Canada’s 21-20 loss to Samoa on Wednesday night. The Canadian hooker left the field in the 35th minute for repairs but was back on the pitch for the second half after getting the cut closed.
Canada is now 0-3 in Pacific Nations Cup play and out of championship contention.
INTER-PROVINCIALS
Eight Peterborough Rugby Club members will participate in Rugby Ontario’s upcoming Inter-Provincial Championships in Quebec this weekend.
The tournaments will see six junior men’s and women’s provincial rugby teams competing for the championship, with 33 clubs from across Ontario represented.
After the tryouts, training sessions, and exhibition matches, more than 150 trialists for each side were narrowed down to a travelling roster of 24 players.
Featuring Peterborough Pagans Harlee Bruce and Katie Garland, the Women’s U18 Junior Storm will play two matches against Quebec in the inaugural Canada East Regional Championships in SteAnne-de-Bellevue from Saturday to Monday.
Three other teams with local athletes will be travelling to Ottawa’s Twin Elm Rugby Park for the Ontario-British Columbia Test Series from Friday to Sunday. Each team will play two games against British Columbia.
Pagan players Kyra Maybee, Maddy McGrath, Lily Stewart and Ella Verner will also be representing Peterborough this weekend, competing on the U16 Junior Storm team.
On the men’s side, Peterborough’s Andrew Maltman will play for the U17 Junior Blues with Ben Burnside playing for the U15 Junior Blues.
National scouts will be in attendance at each tournament to select Canada East sides for the upcoming national age-grade program camps.
DOUBLEHEADER SPLIT
The Peterborough Canadian Tire Peewee Tigers split a doubleheader against Pickering in away game action Sunday.
The Tigers took the first game 13-4.
Gavin Winsor scored a triple and three singles for Peterborough with Ethan Miele recording a double and two singles. Dylan Brown also scored a double with other singles added by Robin French, Adam Gilmoure, Steve Garvey, Austin Murray and Dan Milburn. Miele, Garvey, Gilmoure, French, Brown, Winsor and Milburn contributed runs. RBIs went to Gilmoure, Miele, Brown and Garvey. Austin Murray pitched for the Tigers, striking out four batters in four innings with Winsor tallying one strikeout in relief.
In the second game, the team suffered an 8-7 loss against Pickering.
French scored two doubles and a single with Gilmoure, Jacob Duda and Josh Patel adding one double each. Singles went to Gilmoure and Garvey. Runs were scored by French, Gilmoure, Garvey, Patel and Brown.
The Tigers also lost 14-4 to the Kawartha Cubs in Lindsay on Monday.
Murray tallied a double and a single for Peterborough with Patel adding one single. Jordan Paterson, Brown, Duda, and Murray scored runs. RBIs went to French, Windsor and Murray.
The team will play another doubleheader in Whitby Sunday.