The CAMROSE BOOSTER, March 28, 2017 – Page 33
Tigers reap gold, Trojans collect silver By Murray Green
Hay Lakes won the final game against the Senator Gershaw (Bow Island) School for gold medals in 1A basketball provincials on March 18. The Tigers also beat Livingstone 66-63 and Parkland 70-49 to earn a trip to the final. “We were ranked fourth going into the provincials. We were as high as number two during the year, and I thought we were one of the top four teams and thought we had a shot at a medal,” said Hay Lakes coach Brian Hoglund. The Tigers went 39-1 during the year, so the players and coaches knew they were capable of challenging the top teams. “The southern teams, all three ranked ahead of us, were good and the south is always strong. Pincher Creek, Livingstone (Lundbreck) and Bow Island were good, but looking at the scores around the province, we were right there,” coach added. “We had to beat the top team, Livingstone who were the defending champs, to reach the final. They scouted us and we scouted them and it was like looking in a mirror of our team. They could play defence and score some points.” The longer Hay Lakes stayed with the top team, the more confidence they gained. “Our guys believed they could play with the big boys from the south. We stayed within four points and made a comeback to win by three,” explained coach Hoglund. “We had five guys with double digits in scoring, so it was a total team effort. Our advantage was our depth. Most teams were using six players and I was using 10 guys.” Focusing on defence always came first and they knew the scoring would come. “We played the number two team in the final and it wasn’t tough to get them to focus because they have been doing it all year. This group was really motivated. All year they just wanted to see how good they could be,” said Hoglund. “Our defence won it. We felt as long as we could get stops, we would get enough chances to score. It was an unbelievable year. Winning zones was the goal we set at the beginning of the year. Two years ago the core of this team went 8-19. We were not very good at all. We took our lumps, but motivating them was never a problem. I knew this was a special group and a ton of fun to coach. They listened, worked hard and did all of the little things right. To win the gold is cool and a little bit surreal.” The players kept pushing themselves to create the magical year. “Our zone is the second toughest in the province and that helped us. Forestburg was ranked sixth in the province, so the other teams pushed us to get better. It helped being in a strong league and it doesn’t always get the respect for it. New Norway was ranked in the top 10 at one point, but Forestburg beat them so they didn’t get to go to provincials.” The Tigers will lose five players next year, but will still field a good team on the court. Besides coach Hoglund and manager Cody These, Ty Hoglund, Carson Tylosky, Kyle Murray, Travis Dolter, Michael Taylor, Dallas Whiskeyjack, Joseph Barth, Connor Lange, Eric Rees, Justin Hoecherl, Taylor Sych, Jon Atema and Braden Lange were members of the gold medal wining team. Silver medals
The Camrose Composite High School Trojans collected silver medals at the 3A basketball provincials in Medicine Hat on March 18. St. Peter the Apostle captured the gold by knocking off the Trojans 74-63 in the final contest. CCHS defeated Brooks 92-71 and crushed W. R. Myers 87-42 to reach the final. The Bawlf Wildcats 1A girls squad hosted provincials, but lost to Grand Trunk 49-39 and to Rosemary 58-42 to place seventh. Viking came in ninth and Hay Lakes were 11th.
Veteran Licensed Mechanic and Apprentice Son set up a Brand New Auto Shop
(Adam & Dad)
Norm and Adam Zunti
Norm knows his stuff and is now passing on his lifetime of experience, training and knowledge to his apprentice son. Adam, the Mustang fan, is really good with performance parts, installs and diagnostics. They have set up a spacious, two-hoist shop in the industrial area of Camrose. (Just west of Battle River Landscape & Design, formerly Wesroc.) For service or repairs on any car or light truck, count on AnD, the Adam and Dad team.
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Kupka named to all-rookie team
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By Murray Green
Despite the fact that Kyler Kupka missed a lot of hockey games this year, he was named to the Alberta Junior Hockey League’s south division all-rookie team. Kupka scored 13 goals and collected 28 points in just 34 games for the Kodiaks. He missed most of the last half of the season due to an injury. Cody Laskosky of the local area and the Whitecourt Wolverines was named to the north allrookie team. He had 12 goals and 37 points in 53 games.
BIRTHS To Catherine
and Gilbert Berard, of Tofield, a daughter on March 14.
DEATHS Anna Pauline
The Hay Lakes Tigers earned gold medals in Calgary.
Norm Zunti, with thirty-five years in the trade, has likely worked on your car or truck at some point in time over the years. Maybe it was something simple, like a flat repair, or something complex like a valve job, or perhaps he was the experienced journeyman technician the shop foremen relied on for a technology or electrical issue.
Rau of Daysland, on March 18, at 97 years of age. Joyc e M a r ie Sut herl a nd , of Camrose, formerly of Williams Lake, BC, on March 18, at 71 years of age.
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Laurence Allan Hillaby, of Camrose, on March 19, at 81 years of age. Cameron Wallace Lyster, of Camrose, on March 19, at 20 years of age. Helen Esther Campbell, of Edmonton, formerly of
Camrose, on March 22, at 95 years of age. Clara Lenore Burton, of Camrose, on March 23, at 83 years of age. Opal McGinitie, of Tofield, on March 24, at 94 years of age.