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Recovery wins soccer title

The Drumheller Coed Recreational Soccer League has a new champ as Team Recovery won their first title.

The championship match wasThursday night, June 23, and after a short weather delay, Recovery took on Esso for the trophy.

The final game was close but Recovery came away with the victory, winning 3-2. Liam O'Brien had two goals and Wes Chung scored one in the win for Recovery. Shem Mageto and Lucy Deitzer scored for Esso.
Previously on Tuesday night, Allied FC claimed the bronze medal over Riverside Value Drug Mart with a score of 3-1.

This wraps up the third season for the recreational soccer league and one of the best years with 80 participating.

Indicative of the league parity this year, the top teams in league were beat out. This year Recovery finished league play in fourth place and Esso finished in third.

“This was the third straight year that the first place team has not won the league,” said organizer Gavin Makse. "That just goes to show how this league can change from week to week, from month to month."

"At the end of the day, all the playoff games were close, competitive games and that is what we wanted."

He said the league is looking at a few changes to keep it on an even keel competition-wise.

Soccer players who want to continue to have fun and get some exercise over the summer can come to drop in at the soccer fields on Tuesday and Thursday nights at 7 p.m., everyone is welcome.

Makse adds they are looking to put together a higher caliber men's team to play some out of town competition over the summer.

Finals set for Drumheller rec soccer league

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The season is wrapping up for the Drumheller Co-ed Recreational Soccer league, and upsets are abound.

Playoffs began last weekend and started with an upset as the second place Riverside Value Drug Mart was knocked out handily by Team Esso with a score of 4-1 in the semifinals.

Upsets were common as the number four ranked Recovery beat out the number one Allied FC with a score of 3-1.

This puts Riverside Value Drug Mart up against Allied FC for the Bronze Medal match on Tuesday, June 21 (results not available at press time).

The gold medal Match is this Thursday, June 23 where Recovery takes on Esso. Game time is 7 p.m.

School awarded for providing quality physical education

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St. Anthony’s continues to deliver quality physical education for its students and was once again honoured for this effort.

The school was presented with the 2015-2016 Quality (daily) Physical Education Award. For its commitment to offering exceptional physical education to the school community, it received a letter of congratulations from one of the most famous former teachers in Canada, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

“This award recognizes the great success of your school’s physical education programming. As a former teacher and someone who enjoys a number of sports, I know how important it is to get students moving and to give them the knowledge required to make healthy choices that will last a lifetime,” he states in a letter.

“I would like to commend the staff, coaches and parents for supporting a program that provides opportunities for physical activity, emphasizes fun and fair play and encourages leadership and self-confidence.”

The award is presented by Physical and Health Education (PHE) Canada, which has the vision to supporting schools in the promotion of health

“This award is a recognition of your schools’ achievement of providing a quality/comprehensive Physical Education program that provides a foundation for the development of physical literacy; enabling students to live physically active and healthy lives,” stated PHE President Fran Harris in a letter. “Out of approximately 15,000 schools in Canada, close to 500 schools receive this award each year, truly making your school one of Canada’s leaders in physical education.”

For their effort, the school was presented with a banner that will be hung in the gymnasium.

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