SWAC SPORTS: Southwest Provincial Golf Team has strong showing

By Valerie Gordon

The first official SWAC sport playoff, golf, was held at the Cypress Hills Golf Course, commissioned by Tyson Krause (Maple Creek School). There were over 50 golfers (grade 9-12) who took part in the 18 hole competition.  

District female champion is Claire Topham (Eastend) and the male champion is Aydan Ross (SCCHS). Also advancing to SHSAA Provincials at Northern Meadows Golf Course (Goodsoil) were female golfers Kayden Meyer (SCCHS) and Dayanara Pahtayken (MCCS) and male golfers Matty Schmiess (SCCHS), Kalen Cocks (Leader) and Trehvan McMorris (SCCHS).  

Due to weather postponements for our district championship, our provincial team had a very short turn around to prepare for the SHSAA provincial golf championship in Goodsoil. The golf team was very competitive and had strong showings at provincials. They competed against the top school 70+ male and top 50+ female golfers in the province. 

Congratulations to Ayden Ross (SCCHS) who tied for the BRONZE medal in the boys individual competition. Matty was 12th, Kalen 44th and Trehvan 52nd. Top finisher in the girls competition was Kayden (13th), Claire finished 16th and Dayanara was 29th. The SWAC girls team finished 6th overall and the boys were 7th.

SWAC Cross Country meet will be held on Wednesday, October 2 on the Fox Valley golf course (commissioner Megan Schmaltz - Fox Valley School). SWAC has nearly 200 runners taking part – incredible entry numbers. The walkthrough will be at 11:30 and the first races will start immediately after that (noonish). The intermediate/junior/senior girls and boys will run first as a group, followed by four age group races: pee wee boys, pee wee girls, bantam boys and bantam girls.  The top 10 intermediate, junior and senior runners in each age group will advance to the SHSAA Provincial Championship on October 12 (Dixon Hills near Humboldt).