Sports This Week: Rosebowl draws familiar names back to Rosetown ice
By David McIver
Familiar local curlers and a few returning faces are expected to be part of the Rosebowl Spiel this Friday, Saturday and Sunday in Rosetown.
At least 16 rinks are expected for the bonspiel, said Martin Tucker.
Among the local curlers expected to skip teams are Roxan Foursha, Tucker, Bob Clothier, Lyle Slocombe, Jesse St. John, Carl deConinck Smith, Kim Evans and Don Campbell, he said.
A Kindersley rink skipped by Maddie Anderson, not to be confused with two local people with about the same name, is also expected, Tucker said.
Cody Sutherland, who now lives in Saskatoon, will be returning to curl, as will Karlee Robillard, née Walker, Tucker said.
The Rosetown Curling Club can take more than those 16 rinks, he added.
Six ladies teams played in the Rosebud Spiel on March 14 in a pay-per-win format, with no events or event winners, said one of the skips, Jo-Anne Stanek, who was not sure which rink had the most wins.
Cindy Brown, Jordan Green, Dana Cutler, Kalli Bacon and Kindersley curler Maddie Anderson skipped the other rinks.
In regional basketball playoff games last weekend, the Rosetown Central High School senior girls lost a close 67-65 game to Birch Hills on the consolation side of regionals in Wynyard on Saturday.
The Royals had less success against the host Bears on Friday, losing 66-28.
They had also wrapped up conference playoffs in Biggar on March 14 with a 55-29 loss to the LCBI Bisons.
The senior boys Royals lost their only game in conference playoffs, falling 42-41 to the Biggar Blazers in Watrous on March 13.
His team felt “flat,” Royals head coach Ben Cressman said.
“We didn’t quite bring the energy level that we hoped or expected,” Cressman said. “It came down to the last minute and we didn’t quite execute.”
The Blazers played well, he added.
It was a tough way for the Grade 12 players to finish after expecting to have at least one more game. Gerald Bonyai, Luke Harrington, Malcolm Ledding, Alex Nickel, Wyatt Perry and Corbin Wiens are graduating.
“We didn’t get a lot of wins, but it was a really fun group of guys who’ve got good attitudes typically,” Cressman said.
They should have learned a lot, and “their future is exciting with a strong group” of Grade 10 players from this past season, he said.
Ishaq Reid was the lone Grade 11 player in 2025-26.
“It was fun coaching these guys, even though there were tough times,” Cressman said.
In skating, information in the March 17 issue stated that two skaters were graduating from the Rosetown Skating Club this season. A photo showed one of them, Ella Inverarity, skating at the season-end ice carnival on March 9.
The caption also mentioned the other graduate, Carmen Wiens, but did not explain that she had knee surgery in late fall and was unable to skate this season.
In bowling, “quite a few” local bowlers were expected to compete in Masters tournaments in Saskatoon this past weekend, said Penny Andersen of the local alley.