The Saskatchewan Hockey Association's SaskFirst Bantam Tournament was held on the weekend in Regina and Zone 7, the local area team, was in tough.
Friday Zone 7 lost 5-2 to Zone 6, which is the Saskatoon team, who ended up in the tournament final.
Saturday, Zone 7 fell 5-3 to Zone 5. Later Saturday, Zone 7 earned their first win with a 7-2 victory over Zone 8, which featured one Battlefords Bantam AA Baron - Keegan Tiringer of Leoville.
Zone 7 played Sunday in the C final event.
The players listed on the Zone 7 roster included Battlefords Bantam AA Barons Blake Fennig, Owen Lamb and Jayden Nachtegaele, who are all from the Battlefords along with Cut Knife's Dax Desmarais, Hafford's Matthew Flath and Brandon Lesko, Edam's Kade Mosimann, Turtleford's Karstin McDonald, Maidstone's Josh Sielsky and Meadow Lake's Koby Vidal and Drake Teer.
Members of the West Central Wheat Kings AA Bantam team on the zone team included Dawson Bacon, Cole Kissick, Keegan McBride, Braydon Buziak, Kolby Johnson and Garrett Pilon.
Three players who didn't play in the Saskatchewan Bantam AA Hockey League this season, but made the zone team were Brandt Bertoia of Lloydminster, who played with the Unity Lazers, Jadyn Trimble of Meadow Lake and Michael Hyde of Rosetown.
Many of those players will now be, or have attended, Saskatchewan Midget AAA Hockey League camps. Many of the Zone 7 players will likely hit the ice this weekend at the Don Ross Arena for the Battlefords Midget Stars' camp.
Along with the players being evaluated on the ice in Regina, the officials were as well and one local official was rewarded with the honour of working the tournament A final. Jordan Gay of the Battlefords was selected to referee the final and will also attend the Western Hockey League's Development Camp for officials in June. This will be the second season for Gay to attend the WHL camp.
