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Monday, Jan. 21, 2013
BIG AIR
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DEVYN HURRY
ATHLETE OF THE WEEK Red Deer Fencing Club’s Devyn Hurry is making his mark on the national scene. Hurry is ranked No. 1 in the U17 men’s epee, both provincially and nationally, according to the latest rankings sent out by the Canadian Fencing Federation. Hurry is doing all this despite being only 15 years of age.
THIS WEEK Today
● Women’s basketball: Collin Barrows Storm vs. Funk, Shooting Stars vs. Triple Threat, 7:15 and 8:30 p.m., Lindsay Thurber; Nikes vs. Spartans, Big Ballers vs. Hoosier Daddy, 7:15 and 8:30 p.m., Central Alberta Christian; Vertically Challenge vs. Rampage, 7:45 p.m., Hunting Hills.
Friday
● College basketball: Calgary St. Mary’s at RDC, women at 6 p.m., men to follow. ● WHL: Brandon at Red Deer, 7:30 p.m., Centrium. ● Minor midget AAA hockey: Lloydminster at Red Deer IROC, 7:45 p.m., Arena. ● Heritage junior B hockey: Mountainview at Stettler, 8 p.m. ● Midget AA hockey: Calgary Blazers at Sylvan Lake, 8 p.m. ● Bantam AA hockey: Innisfail at Sylvan Lake, 8:15 p.m. ● Chinook senior hockey: Stony Plain at Sylvan Lake, 8:30 p.m.
Saturday
● Peewee AA hockey: Innisfail at Red Deer Parkland, 12:45 p.m., Collicutt Centre. ● Major bantam hockey: Calgary Flames at Red Deer White, 2 p.m., Arena; Southeast at Red Deer Black, 4:45 p.m., Arena. ● Major bantam female hockey: St. Albert at Red Deer, 2:15 p.m., Kin City B. ● Major midget female hockey: Calgary Bruins at Red Deer, 4:30 p.m., Kin City B. ● Bantam AA hockey: Cranbrook at Red Deer Ramada, 5:30 p.m., Kin City A. ● Junior women’s hockey: Thorsby at Central Alberta Amazons, 5:30 p.m., Penhold. ● Chinook senior hockey: Stony Plain at Bentley, 7 p.m.; Fort Saskatchewan at Innisfail, 7:30 p.m. ● WHL: Lethbridge at Red Deer, 7:30 p.m., Centrium. ● Heritage junior B hockey: High River at Stettler, 7:30 p.m.; Three Hills at Red Deer, 8 p.m., Arena.
Sunday
● Major bantam hockey: Southeast at Red Deer White, noon, Arena. ● Bantam AA hockey: Cranbrook at Red Deer Steel Kings, 1:45 p.m., Kin City A. ● Chinook senior hockey: Innisfail at Bentley, 2 p.m. ● Peewee AA hockey: Lacombe at Sylvan Lake, 3 p.m.
Lia Sayers of the Central Alberta Freestyle Ski Club lands her flip during the club’s Big Air competition at Canyon Ski Resort, Sunday. Megan Cressey was a double medalist for the Central Alberta Freestyle Ski Club at the provincial meet at Canyon Ski Resort during the weekend. Cressey was third in the F4 (female) moguls on Saturday and second in the Big Air Sunday. Lisa Sayers was fourth and third respectively in the F4 category. Meanwhile Megan Warrener was second in the F3 Big Air and fourth overall while she was fourth in the F3 moguls and eighth overall. Cressey was fifth and Sayers sixth in the Big Air overall. Neil Jefferies placed third in the M3 Big Air and sixth overall and eighth in the moguls. Andrew MacDonald took fifth in the M2 moguls and sixth in the Big Air while Josh Medak was eighth in M4 Big Air.
Kings and Queens post wins over Trojans BY ADVOCATE STAFF
RDC ATHLETICS
Kings 3 Trojans 1 CALGARY — If there was any doubt as to just how good the RDC Kings are this season they put that to rest this weekend. The Kings completed a two-match sweep of the SAIT Trojans in Alberta Colleges Men’s Volleyball League play by downing the Trojans 18-25, 25-19, 25-20, 25-20 at SAIT Saturday. That, coupled with the Kings 3-2 win over the previously undefeated Trojans at RDC Friday, left the Kings alone in first place with a 14-0 record. The Briercrest Bible College Clippers moved into second place at 13-1 by sweeping a two-match series against Olds College. The Trojans are 12-2. The Trojans, buoyed by a loud capacity crowd, jumped on the Kings in the first set, but it didn’t last. The Kings continued to do a good job of passing and were solid at the net, taking away any momentum the Trojans may have had. “Neither team was as crisp as Friday, but it was a good team win,” said Kings head coach Aaron Schulha. “Overall it was a good weekend and put us in a good spot.” Tim Finnigan, who transferred to RDC this year after two years at SAIT, was named player of the match for the second straight night, finishing with 13 kills, four digs, three stuff blocks and two aces. The Kings finished with 15 stuff blocks. Chris Osborn collecting four blocks to go with eight kills and three digs, and Trent Schmidt added three blocks. Braden O’Toole had eight kills, five digs and a
Pearman solid at World Cup event Ponoka’s Maddison Pearman turned in a solid performance for the Canadian junior national speed skating team at a World Cup Junior long track event in Minnesota. Pearman placed third in the 500-metre final and was fourth in the 1,000 and 3,000. The Canadian team will now head to Italy for the World Cup final and the world junior championships. Meanwhile, Red Deer’s Gabrielle Waddell placed fourth at the Canadian open short track championships. She was third in the 1,500 and 3,000 and fourth in the 500 and 1,000. At the Calgary Olympic Oval Red Deer native Danielle Wotherspoon was second in the 500m B event of the World Cup sprint meet Sunday in a time of 38.33 seconds. She was ninth in the 500 Saturday and 16th in the 1,000 Sunday.
block while Chris Jones had six kills, seven digs and a block. Scott Lesher of Lacombe led SAIT with 12 kills while Red Deer native Darcee Froese added 11. Queens 3 Trojans 0 The RDC Queens ran their record to 12-2 to remain in a second-place tie with Grant MacEwan, one game back of Lakeland, 13-1. “We were able to run a good balanced attack for the second straight night,” said Queens heads coach Talbot Walton, whose squad beat SAIT 3-0 Friday. “They served us tough again, especially in the last two sets, but we did a good job of running our offence, especially during long rallies. It was good to get the two wins and can now move forward.” Sidney Ponto was player of the match with 11 kills and seven digs while Amber Adolf had nine kills and 11 digs, Karissa Kuhr seven kills and 10 digs and Shelby Bramall seven kills and four digs. Setter Kirsten Sorensen had 12 digs. The Olds College women split a weekend twin bill with Briercrest. Futsal The RDC Queens finished their first tournament ever with a solid 2-1-2 record. Their only loss was 4-2 to undefeated Lakeland College Rustlers in their final game Sunday afternoon. The Queens opened the tournament at Ambrose College in Calgary, with a 5-3 win
over Medicine Hat Friday, then tied Keyano 1-1 and Olds 2-2 Saturday and downed Ambrose 6-1 Sunday morning. Kristi Lem scored against Keyano while Adi Moyer had three goals and Tara Berger, Hallee Peter and Paula Dadensky one each against Ambrose. Teagan Donald and Shannon Middlemiss connected against Lakeland “We played well considering it was our first time playing the game,” said Queens head coach Dave Colley. “We showed we have an extremely skillful team, we just have to learn a little more about the game. It’s new for us and while we did a good job we do need to work a bit on breaking down defences.” The Kings finished with a 2-3 record after defeating Medicine Hat 7-5 Friday and Olds 5-3 Saturday. They lost 5-3 to Keyano Saturday and 5-4 to Ambrose and 6-2 to Lakeland Sunday. Evan Foerster had two goals against Olds with Cale Jacobs, newcomer Alim Hirji and Chase Grenier adding single markers. Haydn McLean, Hayden Slaymaker and Jacobs connected against Keyano while Hirji and Jacobs had single markers against Ambrose, who also had two owngoals against. Foerster and an own-goal accounted for the RDC scoring against defending league champion Lakeland. “Lakeland is a very good team and showed we have work to do:” said Kings head coach Steve Fullarton. “But it was a good learning experience and we’ll be ready for the next tournament (Feb. 15 at Lakeland).” drode@reddeeradvocate.com
MINOR HOCKEY Minor midget AAA Brad Makofka potted a the game-winner on the power play and Ryley Smith notched an empty-net goal as the Red Deer IROC Chiefs downed the visiting Southeast Hounds 4-1 Sunday. Andrew Perry and Drew Joslin also scored for the Chiefs, who got a 24-save effort from Dalyn Haire. On Saturday, IROC outshot the visiting Calgary Stampeders 45-17 but came out on the short end of a 3-1 decision. Smith potted the lone Red Deer goal and Carson Franks stopped 14 shots in a losing cause. Also on Saturday the Red Deer Northstar Chiefs downed Grande Prairie Storm 6-4 as CXhase Allen scored four times and Cole Kapak and Mack Diufferenz once each. Major Midget Female The Red Deer Sutter Fund Chiefs tied the St. Albertt Slash 3-3 in their only weekend game. Autumn Woelk, Taylor Hall and Rylee Kramer scored for the Chiefs, who led 1-0 and 3-2 by periods. Nisa Bartlett made 31 saves in goal. Major Bantam Female The Red Deer Sutter Fund Chiefs took both ends of a doubleheader from the homestanding Lethbridge Hurricanes dur-
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Bradley Makofka of the Red Deer IROC Chiefs goes for a rebound in front of Calgary Stampeders goalie Josh Williams during a midget AAA contest between the two teams at the Arena, Saturday. Williams made 44 saves as his team was outshot 45-17 but they still got the win over the Chiefs 3-1. ing the weekend, winning 5-1 Saturday and 6-1 Sunday. Erica Nelson, Maddison Toppe, Kirsten Baumgardt, Mairead Bast and Skylar Colonna scored on Saturday while Christina Boulton made 22
saves in goal. On Sunday, Nelson scored twice with single goals added by Shealee Dolan, Baumgardt, Carley Wlad and Breanna Martin. Alexandra Galenzoski finished with 14 saves.