sCapital News Thursday, May 2, 2013
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SPORTS ▼ HIGH SCHOOL
Owls 4th at B.C. sevens rugby finals
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THE KELOWNA Owls, here in action last weekend at UBC, took fourth place out of 16 teams at the B.C. sevens high school rugby championship.
Call it a breakthrough for KSS rugby. The Owls senior boys’ team turned in the program’s best finish ever at the B.C. sevens provincial high school championship last weekend at UBC Vancouver. KSS posted a 4-2 record over two days of competition to finish in fourth spot out of 16 teams. In five previous trips to the provincial 7s tournament, the Owls consistently placed between ninth and 11th.
“This is a huge breakthrough for us,” said Owls coach Dave Marfleet. “We’ve always done well at sevens, we’ve got a good tradition going here at the school and we’ve had some good finishes, but this is our best yet. “We made fewer mistakes,” Marfleet said of his team’s play. “The boys played with a lot of patience and played a good ball-possession game.” On Day 1, the Owls won all three of their games: 14-7 over St.
Mikes, 7-5 over Robert Bateman, and 17-7 over Magee. On the second day, KSS edged Oak Bay 2017 to advance to the semifinals, where the Owls lost to powerhouse Shawnigan Lakes 36-5. In the third-place game, Yale defeated Kelowna 29-12. Members of the KSS sevens team are: Jake Pilon, Eli Haynes, Joel Henseleit Andrew Henseleit, Rahkeem Rockwell, Joe
Price, Arun Mahal, Ryan Lawson Carlos Cuerda, Tyrel Sawatsky, Brodie Couch, Dom Haynes and Owen Marshall. The Owls now turn their attention back to the 15s season. KSS, ranked fourth in the province, is unbeaten in Okanagan Valley league play this season. The valley playoffs begin next week, with the Okanagan final set for Monday, May 13.
▼ SWIMMING
AquaJets perform at Calgary meet
Heat looking good for 2013-14 Heat from A20 ments for her three departing players in Claire along with the 5-foot10 guard from Calgary, Shenelle Tamminen, and 6-foot-2 post from Princeton, Julia Reichart. These three will replace graduating post Roz Huber and guards Melissa Irish and Madison Kaneda.
on the weekend were: xana Merckx (200 FR, 200 BK, 200 IM), Katie Dunlop (200 BR, 200 IM, 50 FL), Josh Zakala (400 FR, 100 BK). Second-place finishers were Molly Hill (200 FR, 200 IM) Clarisse Obedkoff (100 FR, 200 IM), Dunlop (200 FR, 100 FL, 200 FL), Cayle Cronquist (100 BR), Cam Feil (50 BK, 200 IM). In third place: Obedkoff (400 FR, 100 BK), Sydney Hayes (200 BK), Dunlop (50 BR), Jenna Butterworth (200 BR), Lauren Gateley (50 FL), Zakala (100 FR) and Feil (200 FL). The team pulled down 162 best times, good for an impressive 81 per cent. Swimmers with 100
per cent personal bests were: Sabrina Akins, Nicole Crichton, Cronquist, Emily Epp, Hayes, Hill, Madison Kornell, Ben Main, Merckx, Julia Michl, Quinn Middleton, Sophie Schroeder, Lochlyn Scott, Randi Thompson, Cassidy Tomlin, and Zakala. Next up the AquaJets are hosting close to 400 swimmers in two weeks time May 10 to12 at the H20 Centre The team is very excited to be hosting its biggest competition in history and will be busy preparing for the event. For more information visit the Jets online at www.kelownaaquajets. com
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