It’s been an exciting last few weeks for Unity Composite High School Grade 9 student Garin Scherr.
After putting up 24 points in 30 games with the West Central Wheat Kings this winter, the 15-year-old was selected in the fourth rounds of the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League and Western Hockey League bantam drafts by the Melville Millionaires and the Saskatoon Blades respectively.
With his hockey equipment put away until the fall, Scherr donned his cleats to compete in the discus, javelin and shot put events at the Saskatchewan High Schools Athletic Association provincial track and field meet over the weekend in Prince Albert.
“Well I’m not much of a runner, so the throwing events was something that I know I could perform well in,” Scherr smiled.
“It’s been a pretty cool experience to come here and compete against the top guys in the province. There’s a lot of great athletes in the province and I think we all stepped up our game a bit this weekend.”
His best showing came in the shot put event Saturday morning, as his throw of 13.73 metres earned him the gold medal.
“That throw came about halfway through the event,” Scherr said.
“Once it left my hand, I knew that was probably going to be my best throw of the day.”
Scherr would go on to pick up a bronze medal later in the day in the discus throw with a toss of 41.93 metres.
Those results, couple with a fourth place showing in the javelin throw Friday, gave Scherr enough points to finish in third place among all midget boys athletes during the meet.
With the high school athletics season now over, Scherr is now preparing to play for the Unity Lazers in the winter and will also be an affliated player with the Battlefords AAA Stars.
