SHSAA SPORTSMANSHIP BANNER
The Saskatchewan High School Athletic Association made a couple of very prestigious awards presentations this week.
The SHSAA Sportsmanship banner is awarded to one team, in each classification, who best displayed the values of sportsmanship at provincial championships. SWAC had two teams whose athletes, coaches and fans’ sportsmanship stood out amongst the rest of the teams in attendance. Both teams received high praise for their sportsmanship from officials, organizers, SHSAA board of director members and volunteers at their provincial championship. Congratulations to both the Maple Creek girls volleyball team and the Fox Valley girls volleyball team. Both of these programs showed that competitiveness and sportsmanship can be displayed hand in hand.
The 3A Maple Creek girls volleyball team was led by coaches Corrie Scott, Curtise Clement, Emmy Robertson, and Charity Noval. Team members were Sophia Uribe, Shawna Wagner, Nevaeh Francis, Payton Beauchamp, Yza Fundal, Kyra Whitrow, Amaya Hayter, Makenna Robertson, Emelie Baynton, Chandee Chabot, Ceejay Davis, Rylie Huck, Shelby Schmaltz, Hailey Bauer, Maizey Cronkite, Fiona Octa, Olivia Moncreiff, and Netina Campbell.
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The 1A Fox Valley girls volleyball team was led by Sara Martin and Jessica Koch and included team members Trinity Hellman, Nevaya Hellman, Bridget Hudec, Amara Weiss, Gabrielle Bosch, Kayanna Lerner, Kacy Wagner, and Janisa Klaudt.
SWAC SENIOR BASKETBALL LEAGUES
On Tuesday, December 16, SWAC had three senior league games take place. The Maple Creek boys won 50-43 over Vanguard. The Vanguard high scorer was David Thiessen with 14 points. Maple Creekâs high scorer was Natowa Whitefish with 11 points.
The Shaunavon boys beat hometown Frontier 68-60. Top scorers for Shaunavon were Carson Smith with 20 points and Declin Stevenson with 14 points. Top scorers for Frontier were Benhar Garcia with 36 points and Don Garcia with 10 points.
The Shaunavon senior girls were in Swift Current to take on SCCHS Arden Blue team. Shaunavon defeated the Ardens 78-32. Jolie Christensen led the Silhouettes with 25 points. Jelyn Tagasling scored 11 points for the Junior Ardens.
After the Christmas break, our first league match up will be Tuesday, January 6 with SCCHS Ardens Red hosting Herbert girls. The rest of the senior girls/boys teams will play on Tuesday, January 13.
SWAC JUNIOR BASKETBALL
Junior basketball is being organized a little differently this year. There will be some home/home exhibition games scheduled for teams wanting that option. Then, SWAC will hold separate tournament/playoff brackets to determine the junior girls and boys basketball champions.
In SWAC junior exhibition league play, things will resume on January 8 with Maple Creek traveling to Shaunavon.
Teams taking part in an end of season girls district playoff are Shaunavon girls, Maple Creek girls and Leader girls. The three teams will meet on a Saturday to play a round robin tournament on February 7 to decide the Junior Girls SWAC title.
The boys have an elimination bracket format for the SWAC championship. There will be an A side and B side playoff. Eight junior boy teams have registered: Shaunavon, Maple Creek, Frontier, Vanguard, Herbert, Leader, Fairview and Ecole Centennial. They will play on Thursdays over three weeks in February.
MOOSE JAW BASKETBALL LEAGUE
The SCCHS Senior Ardens and Colt basketball teams will be in Moose Jaw to take on Peacock on Tuesday, January 6.
CURLING
Dates for SWAC curling playoffs:
February 6-7 – Senior SWAC districts and Junior sectional playoffs.
February 27-28 – Senior Regionals in Moose Jaw/Assiniboia and Junior SWAC districts.
The Chinook School Division Sports Report is submitted by Val Gordon
