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Yavis Raptors win league banner

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The Yavis Atom Raptors finished the league season with a championship banner, and are now headed to provincials.
The Raptors were in the championship series for the Central Alberta Hockey League Atom Tier 3 North East Banner versus Castor.
Game One was in Drumheller on Sunday, March 4. With Castor in penalty trouble, the Raptors cruised to an 8-3 win. Chase Mackey had three goals and three assists, and Ryan Schrock also recorded a hat trick. Paxton and Gavin Olsen each scored a goal.
Game Two was on Saturday, March 10 in Castor. It was a much closer game.
“They went up two goals in the first period,” said coach Bryan Olsen. “We came back and tied with two quick ones at the end of the first. That gave us some momentum.”
This time Mackey had three goals and Tommy Scobie had one in the 4-2 win.
Coach Olsen said the team played well.
“They are hard workers and a competitive bunch who don’t like to lose. They are there to win and have fun,” said Olsen.
The team only had a couple days to prepare as Wednesday, March 14, they are boarding a bus to Spirit River to play in the provincial championships. Olsen said the team did some great fundraising and were able to charter a bus to the tournament. Olsen is grateful for the donations to make this possible.

Dynos girls capture Zone Championship

The Junior Varsity Girls Dynos captured the Zone Championship Saturday at DVSS.

The DVSS Dynos Junior Varsity basketball team made history on Saturday night winning the Zone Championship.
The Dynos hosted the 1A-2A South Central Zone Championship on Saturday, March 10 and came out strong.
In their first game, the Dynos matched up against the Hugh Sutherland Kodiaks from Carstairs, and never looked back, besting the Kodiaks, 92-41.
This set them up for the final versus St. Joseph’s Collegiate of Brooks. The Dynos cruised to a 58-28 win.
This was a historic moment as Coach Jeff Messom says this is the first Junior Varsity Girls Zone Championship for the school in its 43 years.
The team has been excelling through the final stretch of the season.
“The girls have been playing some of their best basketball in the last month. Going into zones we had not lost a game since February 1, and had with the Zone victory, won eight in a row,” said Messom. “The girls play really hard, and do an excellent job of moving the ball, and sharing the ball, and playing team basketball.”
This positions the school for continued success.
“Next year all of these girls will be moving up to the senior team, and it looks to be an exciting future for our DVSS Girls basketball team in the next couple years,” said Messom.

Bantam Raptors poised for provincials

   It is going to be a busy week for the Drumheller Bantam Raptors and volunteers as they host provincials.
   Eight teams will be participating at the Bantam C Provincial Championships, including the host Drumheller Western Chev/Boston Pizza Bantam Raptors. The teams will be vying for a spot in the gold medal final on Sunday, and a chance to win the provincial crown.
   The tournament starts on March 15 and continues through Sunday, March 18. Games will be played at the Drumheller Memorial Arena. Organizers are busy preparing for the event.
   The tournament kicks off with the Opening Ceremonies on Thursday, March 15, and right after the hometown Raptors will be taking on New Serepta in pool play at 7:30 p.m.
   Pool play continues until Saturday, March 17, and the top four teams qualify for the semi-finals, which will be held Sunday at 8:00 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. The gold medal game is scheduled for 4 p.m.
   Karie Drouin says the community has shown great support with many individuals and businesses supporting the tournament. The Peewee teams are also supporting the Raptors by volunteering to help with the tournament.
   The local organizing crew has put together a raffle table and is hosting a social for the tournament participants.
   The Raptors are also slated to play on Friday, March 16 at 2 p.m. and then Saturday, March 17 at 2 p.m. The Raptors, while they have a spot in the tournament as hosts, have chosen to compete for a spot and have earned their way into the provincials.
   The full schedule of games and updated results throughout the weekend for the Bantam C Provincial Championships can be found at http://bantamc.haprovincials.ca/home/ Results will be updated regularly on the site throughout the tournament, and also will be available on the live website ticker.

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