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One step closer to bronze, silver and gold

The final four has been set in the Estevan 2016 Saskatchewan Summer Games baseball competition. Team Regina, Team Saskatoon, Team Prairie Central and Team South East will meet in the bronze medal and gold medal games at Cactus Park today.
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Team Parkland Valley pitcher Parker Carlson delivers a strike against Team South West at Cactus Park. Parkland Valley won their final game of the Saskatchewan Summer Games 13-2 over Team South West yesterday afternoon.

The final four has been set in the Estevan 2016 Saskatchewan Summer Games baseball competition.

Team Regina, Team Saskatoon, Team Prairie Central and Team South East will meet in the bronze medal and gold medal games at Cactus Park today. As of press time, which team would be playing for what medal was still in the air.

Team Regina finished atop Pool B with a record of 3-0, while Team Prairie Central finished in second with two wins and a loss. Team South East is the second undefeated team and sit atop Pool A with Team Saskatoon capturing the second spot with a 2-1 record.

In male basketball, Team South East beat Team Prairie Central 55-50 before Team North edged Team Prairie Central 42-40 at Estevan Comprehensive School (ECS). At Affinity Place, Team South West got past Team Rivers West 52-44 and Team Saskatoon trounced Team Lakeland 79-32 in quarterfinal action.

Team North was two points off of doubling Team Prairie Central 48-25 before Team Lakeland notched a 43-11 win over Team Prairie Central in female basketball competition at ECS. In quarterfinal play at Affinity Place, Team South West beat their southern neighbours to the east 51-35 before Team Regina scored a big 74-17 win over Team Parkland Valley.

The pool play in female soccer came to an end yesterday with Team Regina sitting atop Pool A and Team Saskatoon dominating Pool B. Team Regina (2-0-1) picked up a 15-0 win over Team North (0-3) and Team Rivers West (1-1-1) earned a 1-1 tie against Team South West (1-0-2) in Pool A, while Team Saskatoon shutout Team South East 5-0 and Team Lakeland beat Team Prairie Central 2-1.

It was another event day in Athletics on Tuesday with seven medals handed out as of press time. Lakeland's Landon Kohle earned a gold medal in male javelin with a throw of 49.57 metres, while Prairie Central's Jenna Smith took the top prize in female javelin throwing for a distance of 38.33 metres.

Saskatoon's Courtney Dembrowski reached the top of the podium in female 300m hurdles with a time of 47.50 seconds. Prairie Central's Payne Wylie scored a gold medal in the male 300m hurdles with a time of 39.39 seconds. Finally in female pentathlon, Saskatoon's Emily Coghill won the gold medal with a score of 3,463 points.

In triathlon, Team Regina 1 (Molly Lakustiak and Ella Perras) edged out Team Regina 2 (Sydney Gdanski and Elizabeth Markatos) for the gold medal in the female team ages 12-13 event with a time of 39:18.3. Team Parkland Valley (Curtis McGriskin) and Team Saskatoon (Nicklas Yuzdepski) grouped up to win the male team ages 12-13 competition thanks to a time of 41:57.4.

The female ages 14-15 gold medal went to Parkland Valley's team of Jill Gulka and Sadie McGriskin thanks to a time of 55:21.9. Team Saskatoon's Kaitao Han and Team Rivers West athlete Reece Gilbert took home the gold medal in the male ages 14-15 team competition with a time of 47:34.2.

Results for the golf and archery events were not available as of press time.


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