The St. Anthony’s Junior B Boys Basketball team won gold at their home tournament. The Saints Invitational tournament went on Friday, February 17. They invited Prairie Christian Academy, Linden and Three Hills. The Saints topped PCA in their first game of the round-robin tourney, 48-10. In the second game, they played Three Hills and went away with a 75-19 victory. In their final match they played Linden and won 65-5, going undefeated and taking home gold.
The Dragons are solidly in fourth place in the AJHL Viterra South Divison as they head into the final week of the regular season.
Fans are getting ready for playoff action, and there has been no pause in the competitiveness of play as teams jockey for position. More than 900 came out last Friday, February 24 to watch the Dragons take on the Canmore Eagles.
After a scoreless first period, Vann Yuhas put the Dragons on the scoreboard on the powerplay, assisted by Adrian Easton. Canmore answered back six minutes later to end the second period in a tie.
It was a game decided on special teams and Canmore scored two powerplay goals to go up 3-1. With less than two minutes left, Adam Raesler scored on the powerplay to bring it closer, and despite pressure down the stretch, that was all the Dragons could muster, falling 3-2.
On Saturday night, February 25, the Dragons were in Blackfalds to take on the Bulldogs, who have jumped right up into second place in the south. It was a challenging game as the Bulldogs scored first and never looked back. They added two more in the second period and went on to a 3-0 win.
This Tuesday, February 28, the Dragons were in Calgary to take on the Canucks. Results were not available at press time. On Friday, they are in Okotoks to take on the Oilers, and wrap up the regular season on Saturday, March 4, at home versus the Oilers.
Drumheller athletes represented the community well at the 2023 Alberta Special Olympic Winter Games.
The games were held in Strathcona County from February 24-26.
Over 1,200 athletes, staff and volunteers from across the province came together for a weekend of competitive sporting events and fun.
The Alpine Ski Team, which includes Mitchell Pennington, Jay Dekeyser and Brian Tabor of Olds, competed in the Giant Slalom on Saturday, February 25 at Sunridge Ski Area in Sherwood Park. Jay Dekeyser won silver, Brian Tabor won bronze in Giant Slalom. Mitchell Pennington placed fifth.
On Sunday the competition continued in the Slalom events where Dekeyser won a second silver medal. Tabor won bronze, and Pennington placed fifth.
The valley was also represented by a strong contingent of bowlers. Ken Smith, John Batarseh, Mike Cairns, Clayton Hamilton and Dan Tabor competed at the games. In the team event, they placed fifth in their division. Each player also competed in the singles division and played well.
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