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Thunder Creek Volleyball Club set to begin new season Player development on display during city finals, provincials this past week Randy Palmer - Moose Jaw Express
Only one non-Moose Jaw high school league team was in the medals, with the Spirits claiming gold and the Toilers bronze. Leading the way for Vanier were two members of the Thunder Creek Volleyball Club in provincial team member Paige Beausoleil and fellow Grade 12 Bryn Giddings. The duo’s hard-hitting attack played havoc with opponents throughout the weekend and led to Vanier going undefeated on their way to provincial gold. An interested observer of it all was Toilers coach Lorne Polupski, who also works with the TCVC and has coached the Vanier pair for years. “Paige and Bryn have improved so much since Grade 9 it’s unbelievable,”
Polupski said. “If I could show you video of them in Grade 9 compared to now, you wouldn’t think they were the same players, they’ve improved 110 per cent.” There’s little question that playing volleyball at a competitive level outside of an academic setting makes a difference, as is the case with every sport. “Playing club is so important, you’re developing your skills almost all year long,” Polupski said. “And now you look, Paige has signed with the U of S and is going to play for the Huskies, and Bryn could play university someplace. It’s awesome to see that happening.” The TCVC is currently gearing up for the new season, with their first set of tryouts set for Nov. 24 at Peacock. Given the number of players who have come
out in the past, space might be at a premium. “I think a couple of years ago we had 250 in the gym, but we don’t have the coaches and the gym time to have that many teams... but it’s great to see that many kids interested in playing a sport, any sport, in Moose Jaw,” Polupski said. The TCVC plans to run tryouts for their development program as well as each of their club teams in the 14U girls, 15U girls, 16U girls and 17U girls. The development program will run Sunday mornings from Dec. 8 through the end of March and will feature instruction for players from Grade 6 to 11. The cost is $250. For more information, check out www. tcvcmj.com.
Vanier’s Paige Beausoleil in action during the Moose Jaw Invitational.
Gamble, KMS only undefeated rink in Original 16 Cash League KalTire, BTN, Tax Team all tied for second with 6-1 records Randy Palmer - Moose Jaw Express
Ben Gamble and his KMS Construction rink remain the only undefeated team in the Original 16 Cash League standings after the most recent night of competition at the Moose Jaw Ford Curling Centre. They had the night off last Wednesday but carried a 6-0 record into the evening, with Seaborn Insurance (Joel Jordison) the only other unbeaten rink in the 18team league at 4-0 heading into play. That all changed before the night was over, as Jordison would drop a 10-6 decision to BTN Chartered Accountants (Danielle Sicinski, 6-1). As could be expected between two of the perennial league contenders, things were exceptionally close in the early going as the teams were tied 3-3 through four ends. Sicinski would look to take control with three in the fifth, only to see Jordison respond with a threespot of his own the next end to tie things 6-6. That would be the last time they’d score, though, as Sicinski added a deuce in the seventh and stole two in the eighth to finish off the contest. KalTire (Bob Desjarlais, 6-1) kept pace with the leaders with a 9-4 win over Main Street Strength and Conditioning (Jazmin Ackerman, 0-7). Desjarlais wasted little time taking control of the contest, picking up deuces in each of the first two ends before adding a three-spot in the fourth to take a 7-1 lead. Ackerman would battle
back to 7-4, but Desjarlais brought things to an early end with two more in the seventh. A late rally would also keep Tax Team (Murray Stroeder) with a single loss at 6-1 after they defeated Pro-Tec Electric (Stan Barnsley, 4-2) 8-4. Things were close throughout as Stroeder built a 4-2 lead, but saw Barnsley tied things up with single points in the fifth and sixth. Stroeder would take control from there, though, with two in the seventh and a steal of two more in the eighth closing things off. Protec Video (Wade Gray, 4-3) posted one of the more commanding wins on the night, scoring points in each of the first five ends – including deuces in the first three – to take an 8-2 win over Walchuk Masonary (Ralph Courtnage, 2-4). Barb Wallace (1-6) got off to a quick start with a point in the first end against Matt Froehlich (3-4) but wouldn’t score again in the contest as Froehlich would steal two in each of the fourth and fifth ends to take a 6-1 five-end win. EMJ Marketing (Joe Gunnis, 3-4) and Ackerman Ag (Patrick Ackerman, 1-4) got off to a high-scoring start as they exchanged three-enders to open the game. Gunnis would go on a roll from there, though, with two in each of the third and fourth ends as well as single points in the fifth and sixth to win 9-3.
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Paws N Play (David Gray, 3-3) put together an impressive comeback against Forged 365 (Donna Ackerman, 4-3) after giving up a steal of four in fourth end to fall behind 7-3. Gray fought back with one in the fifth and two in the sixth to trail by one 7-6, and after holding Ackerman to one in the seventh, tied thing 8-8 with two in the eighth. Ackerman wouldn’t let things slip away, though, using the ham-
mer to score one in the extra end and win 9-8. John’s Music (Ryan Wenarchuk, 3-3) staged a late rally to defeat Easy Care Living (Lorraine Arguin, 2-5), scoring one in the sixth before stealing singles in the seventh and eighth for a 5-4 win. League action continues every Wednesday night at the Moose Jaw Ford Curling Centre.
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