The athletes, coaches, managers and mission staff of Team Southeast gathered for a large group photo at
members of the teams in each sport were introduced, and the teams went downstairs to get their walk-out clothing
ewan Winter Games. The Games are slated to be held from Feb. 19 to 25 in Regina, and the team will be housed
Over 200 athletes, coaches and their families filled McKenna Hall for a Team Southeast pep rally on Sunday afternoon to help prepare them for the upcoming Saskatchewan Winter Games.
DJ Richy Roy had the music pumping as he emceed the rally, including introducing the athletes and coaches for each of the teams. The Team Southeast mission staff were also introduced, and Chef de Mission Tara-Leigh Heslip gave an overview of what the athletes can expect for living quarters at the athletes village at the University of Regina.
The mission staff includes Vickie Procyk, assistant chef, of Fillmore; Sandra Lee Brown of Montmartre; Kathy Erickson, Jacquie Van De Woestyne, Tina Clay, Joni Hagen and
Dallas Cossar, all of Weyburn; Dan Heslip of Indian Head; and Ryan Reiss of Vibank. The teams were taken downstairs for their walk-out uniforms after they were introduced, and a large group photo of all athletes and coaches was taken at the end of the rally.
The Games are being held in Regina, and will run from Feb. 19 to 25.
The first half of the games, from Feb. 19-22, will feature alpine skiing, artistic swimming, biathlon, badminton, Special Olympics bowling, curling, gymnastics, speed skating, table tennis and weightlifting.
The second half, from Feb. 22-25, will include cross-country and paraNordic skiing, figure skating, futsal, judo, target shooting and wrestling.
The latest team members for Team Southeast were
named, and include:
For table tennis, female competitors will include Maia Wilson, Bailey Baumgartner, Tenley Clements, Madison Richaud and Kierra Goudy, all of Stoughton, and Hannah Mercer and Erica Gener of Estevan.
Male competitors include Easton Berner, Kruz Brigden, Kaden Piper and Leif Clark, all of Stoughton; Emmanual Pallarca of Weyburn; Carter Morrison of Carlyle and Connor Mercer of Estevan. The coach is Derek Mercer and manager is Rowena Clements.
The weightlifting team includes female athletes Alix Rae and Kristen East of Carlyle, and Talen Pinacie-Littlechief of White Bear First Nation. Male athletes are Rhys Fowler of Weyburn and Kalen Greenbank of Wawota. The coach is Ryan Fowler of Weyburn
and Tracey Handley is the manager.
The curling team includes female curlers Heidi Fradette and Amy Fradette of Lake Alma, and Kristen Carlson and Malina Stead of Estevan, with Pauline Ziehl-Grimsrud as the coach. The male curlers are Peyton Blair and Ryder Blair of Balgonie, and Frederick Comfort of White City, with Paul Comfort as coach and Jessica Blair as manager. In mixed doubles are Elizabeth Kessel of Balgonie and Brecklin Gervais of Kronau, with Ken Bakken as the coach.
The Artistic Swimming team includes Payton Caldwell, Marley Kradovill, Ella Leko and Lily Popescu, all of Weyburn, plus Ava Allen of Midale, Sasha Mantei, Sierra Mantei, Rowyn Shier and Isabelle Pyra, all of Estevan. Kim Neithercut is the
coach, and Meagan Rothwell is the manager.
The gymnastics team includes Avery Fleck, Sadie Hodgkin and Sophie Pollock, all of Weyburn, and Eliza Gall and Heidi Byers of Estevan, with coaches Lana Hamel and Josephine Sylvestre. In the sport of speed skating is Ethney Ritco of McLean.
For alpine skiing, athletes are Reece Waffle of Balgonie and Drew Kish of Emerald Park, with coach Richard Rumancik.
The Special Olympics bowling team includes Robin Stelter, Antonius Quist, Devon Jensen and Vernon Ernst, all of Weyburn, and Sarah Henry and Cynthia Goudy of Estevan, with JoAnn Paxman of Weyburn as the coach, and Brad Ernst as manager. The biathlon team includes Karsen Gruber, Kaylie Gruber, Braxton
Charlebois and Emma Atchison, all of White City, and Aurelia Whyte of McLean, with Amie Gruber as coach, and Cameron Charlebois as manager.
The 2023 Saskatchewan Winter Games Host Organizing Committee and Saskatchewan Games Council have announced that tickets for the Games are now on sale.
In addition, select events from all sports will be live-streamed during the 2023 Saskatchewan Winter Games via HomeTeam Live. HomeTeam Live streaming will be available live and available on demand after each game is complete. The event will be free to watch all week long at app.hometeamlive.com.
Sask. Winter Games results can be found at www. saskgames.ca, beginning Sunday, February 19.
The Weyburn Comp Eagles Junior boys and girls basketball teams both travelled to Foam Lake for a tournament this weekend.
The girls defeated Yorkton Sacred Heart Friday night 20-16. On Saturday the girls played tough and showed a lot of improvement, but fell to the hosts from Foam Lake 39-31 and then lost to the tournament champions from Wynyard in a game that was decided in the last 20 seconds, with the score 34-31.
The boys defended last year’s championship while cruising to their second tournament win in as many weekends with victories over Kelvington 4814, Foam Lake 49-19 and Wynyard 46-18.
The next action for both teams is this weekend when they host a combined tournament in the Eagles Gym. The girls kick things off against Melville at 4 p.m. on Friday and the
8:30 p.m.
The Comp Eagles senior boys team was in Estevan over the weekend and played Friday night against Regina Huda. They had a defensively dominating game, winning 89-53.
The second game was against Estevan on Saturday morning. As usual it was a hard fought backand-forth battle, both teams fighting to the end. Weyburn fell short with a 74-71 loss.
The third place game was against Warman. After a close first half, the Eagles were able to open up the lead and win 80-60.
Overall it was a very successful weekend. The team has a weekend off and will be in Moose Jaw Feb. 17-18 for a tournament at A.E. Peacock High School.
The Comp Eagles senior girls basketball team was in North Battleford over the weekend.
Friday afternoon the girls played North Battleford Comprehensive in front of the entire school and it was an exciting game. It came down to the final seconds, but the Eagles lost by one point in an exciting match-up.
Friday night they played Lloydminster for the first time this season.
Lloydminster is another 5A school so it was an important game for Regionals rankings which come out the second week in March. The Eagles ended up winning 48-24 in a low-scoring but important game. On Saturday the girls played Melfort for the second time this season and had another good game, but lost by 10.
The regular season for the seniors girls is almost over, with only three tournaments left in the schedule: Feb. 10-11 they will play in Lake Lenore, and
March 3-4 in Estevan, with a mini home tournament on March 10-11. The SHSAA 5A Regionals will take place in Lloydminster on the week-
end of March 17-18.
Meantime, WCS wrestler Cale Mohan wrestled in the O’Neill Titans Classic over the weekend in the male 73-kg weight
category. He went through the two-day tournament with one bye, two wins and a loss in the gold medal match, taking home the silver medal.
