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Saint boys and girls win Bronze at home tourney

    The St. Anthony’s junior high boys and girls Saint basketball teams hosted their second annual invitational tournament and they went home with bronze medals.
    The Saints were in basketball action on Friday and Saturday as the teams hosted Stettler, Three Hills and Rundle Academy of Calgary at their home tourney.
    The junior high girls Saints came out strong and in their second game of the season dealt convincing blow to Three Hills winning 56- 8.
    Their second game on Friday was versus Stettler and they were down 32-18 but in the fourth quarter managed to come back and cut the lead to two, but that was as close as they could get, losing 38-34.
    Their final game with Rundle Academy was on Saturday and Rundle Academy had a strong player that was hard to stop. The Saints hung close for a while, but Rundle took over winning 40-26.
    “They (Rundle) were the best team of the tournament, and we won third place,” said coach Gavin Makse.
    Jay Mulgrew’s junior high boys team were also in action. Their first game was against Three Hills but they were not able to take the win. They did come up stronger in their second game versus Stettler and went home for the night with a win.
    Just like the girls on Saturday Rundle Academy proved to be the strongest team at the tournament and they defeated the Saints.  Rundle won the tournament, Three Hills finished second and the St. Anthony’s Saints finished in third place.


Let there be light

    Light shone down on the Titans.
    After about a year, the DVSS football field has a glow that will only benefit the Drumheller Titans as four standards tower above the gridiron, each holding nine 1,500-watt lights. The lights illuminated the field during their late afternoon practice.
    The project was a long time coming and according to Mike Ostergard of the Drumheller Titans, it began with closing of Race City Speedway in Calgary. The Titans learned the track had lights that were to be disposed of. While originally they planned to purchase the lights, the ownership of Race City Speedway decided they would rather donate the standards and lights.
 The generous donation of about $22,000 in lights was just the beginning. They need to get the lights to Drumheller, set up and ultimately functional. Ostergard said Scott McKay Contracting generously took over the project, from transport to flicking the switch.
    The project was helped with financial support from the community.  Along with many other donors, last spring Suncor and Tech, owners of the Wintering Hills Wind installation donated a total of $15,000 to the project.
    While they are simply light poles, they bring opportunity and versatility for Drumheller Football.
    Again this year the Senior Titans were playing deep into the post season, and the lights allowed the team to extend their practice time, It also made it safer.
    The lights will add versatility to their schedule, making it possible for the long-standing football tradition of Friday Night Lights, adding evening games to their schedule in the future.

Sabres steal win over PCA

    The Senior Boys St. Anthony’s Sabres are already in the win column in league play after a close finish versus Prairie Christian Academy.
    The Sabres travelled to Three Hills to take on Prairie in their first league game. It was a tight affair but in the end, the Sabres came away with the win.
    St. Anthony’s came out strong and dominated the first half and held on to a secure lead. This was until the third quarter when Three Hills’ press made the Sabres cough up the ball. Three Hills took the lead. St. Anthony’s regrouped down the stretch and was able to pull out a 48-47 win.
     Tanner Borowicz led the way with a strong double-double with 24 points and 22 rebounds. Jakub St. Jean had nine points and Nathan Comstock had eight points and 19 boards.
Coach Dan Patterson was happy to take away the win, however there are a few areas they would still like to improve upon. As a team the Sabres committed 36 turnovers, and left 14 points at the free throw line, shooting only 36 per cent.
    Patterson said this week they would be working on implementing their own press as well as clean up their press break.
     The Sabres are in Acme this weekend for Acme’s home tournament.


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