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Weyburn Review, Weyburn, Saskatchewan -- October 27, 2021
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Comp Eagles football team ends regular season undefeated
By Sabrina Kraft The Weyburn Eagles football team ended their regular season undefeated, after claiming a 30-0 victory over the Moose Jaw Peacock Tornadoes on Friday night. The Eagles had a 6-0 record in their 2021 5A Rural Football League season. It was the first undefeated regular season for the team since 2009. Danny Fortune, Grade 11 centre for the Eagles, said, “It felt great. It feels good to be number one in the league again. I haven’t felt that since bantam.” “Our team is doing great, our defense is really good and our offense is doing great. We can always get better at some things, but all and all, we are doing really well.” “We haven’t been an undefeated team in a while, so it is an awesome feeling,” said quarterback
Ben Michel. “We have a great group of guys, who all combined are really good and we really like each other.” The Eagles will host the Yorkton Raider Gridders for the league final at Darold Kot Field in Weyburn on Saturday, October 30. “Yorkton has always been a pretty good team, they are big, strong and fast and that is what you need in a football game,” said offensive and defensive lineman Parker Thompson. “It will be a good game.” “Yorkton is a great team, well-polished, so we will just have to work on our plays and get better every day so we can bring home a championship this year,” added Michel. The team that wins the league final will earn the right to host the Saskatoon league championships in the provincial semi-finals.
Running back pushes hard for a few extra yards
Review Photo -- Sabrina Kraft
Weyburn Comp Eagles running back Austin Knupp (No. 32) pushed hard for a few extra yards, as the Moose Jaw Peacock Tornadoes defense started to dogpile for the tackle. The Weyburn Comp Eagles claimed a 30-0 victory over Moose Jaw during a Friday Night Lights Game at Weyburn Minor Football field on October 22.
Weyburn Red Wings drop home games against Ice Wolves, Bombers The Richardson Pioneer Weyburn Red Wings are now in third place in the Viterra Division of the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League. T h e R e d Wi n g s dropped home games against the La Ronge Ice Wolves and the Flin Flon Bombers over the October 22 and 23 weekend. The La Ronge Ice Wolves were at Crescent Point Place on Friday night, where they claimed a 4-3 victory in overtime over the Red Wings. In the first period, Walker Jerome scored during a power play for the Ice Wolves, assisted by Brandon Della Paolera and Parker Layton. Davis Chorney scored at the 13:02 marker for the Red Wings, assisted by Drew Kuzma. Then in the second period, Conrad Mitch-
ell scored for the Ice Wo l ve s , a s s i s t e d b y Aaron Greyeyes and Lane Snell. In the third period, N i k o l a s S o m b r ow s k i scored at the 6:14 marker for the Red Wings, assisted by Ian Maier and Dazza Mitchell. Jerome scored the third goal of the night for La Ronge at the 14:51 mark, assisted by Holden Knights. A late goal by Nikolas Sombrowski for the Red Wings at the 18:41 mark, assisted by Braden Birnie and Benji Rutkai, tied up the game. In the overtime period, a goal by Ryley Morgan secured the win for La Ronge, scored off assists by Gavin Mattey and Bryan Gilman. Xavier Cannon was in net for La Ronge, and stopped 30 out of 33 attempts on net. Dazza Mitchell was
in net for the Red Wings, and he stopped 22 out of 26 attempts. The Flin Flon Bombers were at Crescent Point Place on Saturday night, and they claimed a 6-4 victory over the Red Wings. In the first period, Zak Smith scored the first goal of the night for the Bombers, assisted by Jaxon Martens and Jeremi Tremblay. Later in the period, Rutkai scored the first goal of the night for the Red Wings, assisted
by Kuzma. The Bombers dominated the second period with three goals. Cole Duperreault scored the first of these goals, assisted by Brett Wieschorster and Gabriel Shipper. This was followed by a Bombers goal by Martens, assisted by Cole Vardy and Zak Smith. Finally, Duperreault scored a goal into the net, assisted by Tremblay and Martens. Both teams traded goals in the third period. Martens scored for
the Bombers at the 3:18 mark, assisted by Xavier Lapointe and Cole Vardy. Jackson Hassman scored for the Red Wings a minute later, assisted by Rutkai. Dante Ballarin scored a goal for Weyburn later in the game at the 17:27 mark, assisted by Graham Skinner. The Red Wings attempted extra manpower by pulling their goaltender, but Tremblay scored into the empty net for the Bombers, assisted by Wieschorster. Nikolas
Sombrowski scored a late goal for Weyburn at the 19:06 mark, unassisted. Cal Schell was in net for Flin Flon, and stopped 25 out of 29 attempts. Joseph Young was in net for Weyburn and stopped 35 out of 40 shots. The Red Wings will be on the road this upcoming weekend. They will be in Melfort to face the Mustangs on Friday, October 29. Then they travel to Humboldt to go up against the Broncos on Saturday, October 30.
Gold Wings shut out by Notre Dame Hounds during away game The Richardson Pioneer Weyburn Gold Wings were in Notre Dame on Thursday night, where the Hounds shut them out 7-0. The Hounds had scored two goals in the first period, four goals in the second period and one goal in the third period. The Gold Wings did not have a lot of shots on net, with only five attempts in the first period, six attempts in the second per-
iod and three attempts in the third period. Hounds goaltender Bailey Lindsay stopped all the attempted shots. Lexi Peace was in goal for the Gold Wings, and stopped 51 out of 58 shots on net. The Gold Wings will be in Regina tonight, Oct. 27, to face up against the Rebels, then they travel to Prince Albert on Saturday, Oct. 30.
Battling for possesion of the puck
Review Photo -- Sabrina Kraft
Weyburn Red Wings forward Davis Chorney (No. 22) battled for possession of the puck, while his teammates Nicholas Kovacs (No. 11) and Cooper Chisholm (No. 7) moved into position to accept a pass. The Red Wings hosted home games against the La Ronge Ice Wolves and Flin Flon Bombers, on Friday and Saturday respectively, and unfortunately were unable to claim a win in either game.
Eagles boys compete against Moose Jaw in 5A regionals
Review Photo -- Sabrina Kraft
Weyburn Comp Eagles Mitchell Cherpin kicked up the ball to team mates, Zach Schmidt and Ben Manning, while competing against Moose Jaw Peacock in the first round of the 5A soccer regionals. Weyburn went on to win by a score of 3-2, advancing to play against Yorkton, then losing 5-0. Weyburn hosted the Saskatchewan High School Athletic Association regionals on Saturday. The team will go on to participate at provincials in Saskatoon on October 30.