Sports This Week: Royals basketball in action at home as bowlers head to provincials

The Rosetown Central High School senior boys basketball team hosts a tournament this Friday and Saturday.

The Biggar Blazers, the Kindersley Kobras B team, the Shaunavon Shadows, the Eaton Spartans from Eatonia, the Davidson Raiders, the Maple Creek Redmen and the Makwa Sahgaiehcan First Nation School Falcons, a late replacement, are expected to take part.

The senior boy Royals won’t lack for competition. They lost games in Biggar on  Jan. 15, at every game at a tournament in Hafford on the 16th and 17th and in Outlook on the 23rd, said co-coach Ben Cressman.

Despite no wins, “we’re working on the process; we’re improving,” said Cressman.

The senior girls team split games in a Jan. 9-10 tournament in Wilkie and defeated the Kindersley Kobras 46-23 on the 21st.

Teams dropped out of the tournament in Wilkie, leaving Kerrobert, the host McLurg Broncs and the Royals.

The Royals lost to Kerrobert in overtime and defeated the Broncs in overtime, said coach Trinity Grant.

They started slowly in Kindersley and led by six at halftime.

“Then we came out strong in the second half to pull away from them, said Grant. “We tried a new offensive set and a new press which the girls executed effectively after getting the hang of it in the first half.”

Willemina Heinrichs scored 12 points, Rayna James got 10 and Sydney Dessert had eight in Kindersley, said the coach.

Bowling

The provincial round of the Masters - YBC tournament was to be played on Sunday in Regina. Rosetown had representatives in two categories:

senior-aged youth bowlers Katherine Lindridge and Layla Vallely teamed with Master bowler Bill Shkolny; and bantam bowlers Daxon Summach and Tate Ironside with Master bowler Kelly Graham.