Three Moose Jaw High School Wrestlers Medal At Provincials
It’s been an intense couple of weeks for Moose Jaw high school wrestlers.
Despite the intense competition schedule the Peacock girls won the provincial team title.
Peacock Collegiate Akela Sand not only claimed the provincial games silver medal but won a team award.
Sand was joined in the team trophy win with Evelyn Eros . Individually Eros would place 4th at Provincials.
AKELA SAND (LEFT) AND EVELYN EROS FROM PEACOCK HOLD UP THEIR PROVINCIAL TEAM GOLD MEDAL PLAQUE AND TROPHY - SUBMITTED PHOTO
It was a tough road to Provincials.
First Moose Jaw’s high School wrestlers participated in the regional tournament in Rosetown on March 2nd in Rosetown.
Then the top four competitors from their weight classes advanced to provincials on March 8th and 9th at Evan Hardy Collegiate in Saskatoon.
Peacock Collegiate’s Kingston Usher would earn a silver medal in Saskatoon.
PEACOCK COLLEGIATE’S KINGSTON USHER (LEFT) WITH HIS SILVER MEDAL IN THE 77 KG BOYS DIVISION - SHSAA FACEBOOK PAGE
Regionals were held March 2nd in Rosetown. The top 4 competitors from each weight class would advance to Provincials and here are the Regionals results:
Female:
44kg Paisley Patrosh Central 1st place
50kg Eisa Tondevold Central 2nd place
60 kg Macey Binsfeld Central 4th place
64 kg Akela Sand Peacock 1st place
73 kg Hailey Newans Central 1st place
90 kg Evelyn Eros Peacock 1st place
Male:
53 kg Kaleb McCrystal Peacock 2nd place
56 kg Kruz Babich Peacock 1st place
62 kg Carson Mack Central did not place
65 kg Liam Palmer Vanier 5th place
Owen Cherney Vanier 6th place
77 kg Kingston Usher Peacock 1st place
90 kg Mason Rusnak Peacock 5th place
Eric Doney Peacock did not place
115 kg Wyatt Behiel Vanier 1st place
In addition to all of these wins Peacock Boys won 4A Regional Team Gold and Central Girls won 4A Regional Team Gold.
“We have some amazing young coaches who have come through the Moose Jaw Kinsmen High School Wrestling Program and Arch Bishop O'Neil in Regina. Their hard work and dedication to our athletes is what allows us to have such great success in the province,” a release stated.
The Club pointed a bright future for Moose Jaw wrestling.
“Devin Kiryk, Kianna Perron and Ethan LaRose are truly the future of wrestling in Moose Jaw and will ensure years of success for our athletes provincially,” they stated.