SPORTS THIS WEEK: Athletes active in winter sports and competitions
SKATING
Almost 100 skaters have registered for Rosetown Skating Club programs this winter, said Holly Inverarity, who returns to coach alongside Clara Benjamin and Wendy Wiens.
“The CanSkate (learn-to-skate) program is full,” Inverarity said.
Club members are scheduled to skate in a regional competition Jan. 24-25 in Kindersley, the Winter Classic Feb. 27 to March 1 in Swift Current, and possibly the Saskatchewan Winter Games during the February school break, she said.
DARTS
The Rosetown Legion Darts Club Fall Shoot was held last Saturday. Twenty-five to 30 people were expected to participate, said club president Aaron Walker.
The club started its fall season on Oct. 7 and continues with its usual Tuesday night sessions.
BOWLING
Six local youth teams will compete in Trio Challenge zone rounds next Sunday, following the house round held Oct. 18 and 20.
Senior-aged teams will bowl in Rosetown. They include Katie Noel, Casey Shipman and Chelsea Shipman, who finished 105 pins over average in the house round, and Sawyer Heimbecker, Preston Smith Wright and Katherine Lindridge, who placed 59 pins over average.
Junior-aged bowlers will compete in Biggar. Local bowlers Macy Wick, Ellie Main and Beau Wick had the best combined score of all 15 youth teams in the house round, finishing plus 272. Close behind were Josh Heimbecker, Lucy Heimbecker and Lacey Decker, who bowled 124 pins over average.
Bantam-aged teams will bowl in Lloydminster on Nov. 2. They include Harrison Barna, Eliza Barna and Hanru Maritz, who bowled 76 pins over average, and August Knight, Alex Main and Jace Johnson, who finished 32 pins over average.
HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL
The Rosetown Central High senior B team placed third at their tournament Oct. 18. Competing teams were all B teams from their respective schools.
The North West Central Wildcats defeated the LCBI Bisons 25-20, 25-13 in the final. The Royals, third after the round robin, lost to the second-place Bisons 25-15, 25-12 in a semifinal. The first-place Wildcats beat the fourth-place Kindersley Kobras 25-15, 25-18 in the other semifinal.
In the round robin, the Royals defeated the Kobras 25-17, 25-14, then lost to the Wildcats 25-13, 25-9 and the Bisons 25-19, 25-10. The Wildcats beat the Kobras 25-17, 25-9 and split with LCBI 22-25, 25-17. The Bisons defeated the Kobras 25-10, 25-12.
“They faced some tough serves from LCBI in the semifinal, stopping them from making it to the final,” said head coach Amy Flynn, who coaches with community coach Erin Galarneau.
The team had games scheduled at North West Central last Wednesday and will finish their season at a tournament at LCBI today (Tuesday).
The host Wildcats advanced to junior girls district playoffs in Beechy last Saturday after winning junior girls north sectional playoffs in Plenty on Oct. 18, defeating the St. Gabriel Saints in the final. The Rosetown junior A Royals finished third.
Elrose and Dinsmore junior girls teams competed in south sectional playoffs in Kyle on Oct. 18. The Beechy team went 4-0 in the round robin and beat the host Comets in two sets in the final. The Comets defeated the Dinsmore Wildcats two sets to one in the semifinal. The Wildcats finished the round robin 3-1, the Comets 2-2, Lucky Lake A’s 1-3, and the Elrose Eagles did not win a match.
“Not bad, but we wanted more,” said Dinsmore Wildcats co-coach Lance Morrison of the third-place finish.