Sports briefs: Knights of Columbus Indoor Games back for another year

Sports briefs: Knights of Columbus Indoor Games back for another year

Weekend arises from Huskies sports groups, Saskatoon Blades and Knights of Columbus track and field.

Released Jan 28, 20244 minute read

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Professional athletes complete in the ladies’s 50 m invitational sprint at the Knights of Columbus indoor Games at the University of Saskatchewan Field House in Saskatoon, Sask. on Jan. 26. Image by Michelle Berg /Saskatoon StarPhoenix

It was a repeat efficiency for Usheoritse Itsekiri as he won both the males’s 50-metre and 60-metre races at the Knights of Columbus Indoor Games on the weekend in Saskatoon.

Itsekiri, who has actually raced for Nigeria at the Olympics however resides in Saskatchewan, ended up the 50 m with a time of 5.71 seconds and the 60 m in a time of 6.65 seconds.

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Duplicating their 2023 achievements this year was American Max Hairston, who won the males’s 60-metre difficulties in a time of 8.03 seconds.

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The females’s invitational occasions had brand-new champs with Ontario’s Mariam Abdul-Rashid doubling up with first-place surfaces in the 60 m race (7.41 seconds) and the 60 m obstacles (8.14 seconds), as well as American Kortnei Johnson declaring gold in the 50-m race (6.36 seconds).


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University of Saskatchewan Huskies guard Téa DeMong conjectures throughout Canada West Women’s basketball action versus the University of Alberta Pandas in Saskatoon in 2023. The Huskies unbeaten streak grew to 16 video games at the weekend. Picture by Matt Smith /Saskatoon StarPhoenix

Huskies hockey groups fight to draw with Alberta

It was a split weekend for both University of Saskatchewan Huskies groups on the ice as the guys hosted the University of Alberta Golden Bears and the ladies checked out the Pandas.

In Friday’s males’s video game Bruce MacGregor and Carter Stebbings both scored short-handed objectives for the Dogs, while Raphael Pelletier and Vince Loschiavo scored at complete strength to provide the hosts the 4-2 success.

The following night, Saskatchewan’s Justin Ball scored 4 minutes and 42 seconds into the 3rd duration to connect the video game at one and ultimately require overtime, where Alberta’s Eric Florchuk notched the 2-1 video game winner.

Huskies goaltender Jordan Kooy made 28 minimizes 30 shots in the very first video game and went 22 for 24 in the 2nd. Saskatchewan is presently 5th in Canada West.

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On the females’s side, Kendra Zuchotzki scored simply under 6 minutes into Friday’s very first duration to offer the Huskies a 1-0 lead up until Alberta scored at 16:26 to connect the video game.

Neither group might break the stalemate in the staying routine time or overtime, requiring a shootout with the Huskies ultimately triumphing to tape-record the 2-1 win.

On Saturday, the U of S was deflected the scoreboard as they fell 2-0. Camryn Drever went 24 of 25 in web for Saskatchewan on Friday and 28 for 30 the next night. The Huskies sit 4th in Canada West.

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The unbeaten streak grew to 16 video games for the Huskies ladies’s group as they swept the host University of Victoria Vikes on the weekend.

Téa DeMong led Saskatchewan to a 69-61 triumph on Friday, getting a team-high 14 points.

The following night, the Huskies routed 58-57 at the start of the 4th quarter, however held the Vikes to just 5 points in the last frame to ultimately take the 74-63 win, with Gage Grassick making a team-high 19 points.

The journey to Victoria didn’t exercise also for the guys’s group, as Saskatchewan fell 87-42 on Friday and 79-58 on Saturday. Alexander Dewar led the Dogs on both nights, with 10 points and 18 points, respectively. The Huskies drop to an 8-8 record.

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BEACH BALL

The Huskies males’s group had a winning weekend in the house as they hosted the University of Fraser Valley Cascades.

Saskatchewan won in 3 straight sets on Friday 25-16, 25-21 and 25-16 with Isaiah Mamer making 18 eliminates.

The next night, Fraser Valley won the opening set 25-14, however it was all Huskies after that as the home town group went 25-23, 25-17 and 25-16 to win 3-1. Jefferson Morrow gotten 16 eliminates because video game.

With the wins, the U of S enhances to a 12-6 record, sufficient for seventh location in the Canada West. The ladies’s group was on a by weekend.


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Saskatoon Blades Brandon Lisowsky, seen here in a 2023 file image, scored 2 objectives versus Prince Albert Raiders on Friday. Image by Michelle Berg /Saskatoon StarPhoenix

Blades lose on the roadway, win in your home

It was a home-and-home series for the Saskatoon Blades and the Prince Albert Raiders on Friday and Saturday that led to a win and an loss for both groups.

Up very first was Friday’s video game in Prince Albert that saw Saskatoon leading 4-2 after 2 durations thanks to a set of objectives from Brandon Lisowsky As songs from Tyler Parr and Easton Armstrong

The Raiders weren’t ready to quit some quickly in their home rink and ultimately connected the video game on the power play with 41 seconds staying in guideline to require additional time.

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When neither of the groups had the ability to score the game-winner in overtime, the video game went to a shootout, which ended in favour of the Raiders who made the 5-4 win. Evan Gardner made 21 minimizes 25 shots in web for the Blades.

On Saturday, the Blades were back in Saskatoon for their very first of 7 home video games in a row.

Prince Albert scored the very first objective of the night 29 seconds into the opening duration, in addition to the last objective of the video game at 16:42 into the 3rd. In between those 2 objectives, nevertheless, Saskatoon’s Armstrong, Tanner Molendyk and Egor Sidorov all scored to assist their group to a 3-2 success. In web for the Blades, Austin Elliott made 7 saves money on 9 shots.

The split outcomes leave Saskatoon with a 31-9-2-3 record, however still the leading group in the Western Hockey League.

The Blades likewise hosted the Swift Current Broncos on Sunday, nevertheless, those outcomes weren’t readily available at the time of publication.

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