The first half events for the 2016 Saskatchewan Summer Games in Estevan wrapped up Wednesday afternoon, and Team South East struck gold in a couple of sports.
Team South East won their first five gold medals of the Games on Wednesday, with four coming in archery and the other coming in baseball.
In archery, the South East won gold in both the male team competition with a score of 98, and the female team event with a 101. Hunter Chipley of Estevan won gold in individual male recurve with an 84, Joanna Taylor of Glen Ewen took gold in individual female recurve with a 90, and Jaelyn Carlisle of Estevan was second in individual female recurve with an 88.
Matthew Taylor of Glen Ewen won silver in individual male compound with a score of 115.
And Brandon Muir of Glen Ewen won bronze in individual male recurve with a 46.
In baseball, Team South East defeated Team Regina 9-8 in front of a large crowd at Cactus Park to take top spot in the tournament. The South East entry had a 9-4 lead entering the bottom of the seventh and final inning, and held off a furious rally by Regina.
In the golf competition, Team South East won the silver medal in the female division. The entry included Reese Handley of Estevan, Hallie Burke of Rocanville and Kelly Kay of Maryfield. They finished with a score of 147 over two rounds in the tournament, which uses a Stableford scoring system that assigns points depending on a player's score each hole.
Burke finished fourth in the individual female event with a 74.
The male team finished with 224 points, which was two points out of a bronze medal. The team was comprised of Jace Carlisle, Chase Gedak and Reegan Robinson.
Team South East added one more medal to its haul in athletics, as Ethan Ort of Milestone finished third in male discus with a toss of 38.62 metres. They finished with eight medals – three silver and five bronze – over the three days.
In triathlon, Adah De Leeuw teamed with Nicklas Yuzdepski of Saskatoon to finish fifth in the mixed triathlon race for youth ages 12 and 13 with a time of 43 minutes and 7.2 seconds. And Josie Andrist of Estevan teamed with Gaberik Dorion of Pelican Narrows to finish eighth in 46:36.5.
In other results for Team South East, the male basketball team beat Team North 47-33 to finish seventh; the female basketball team defeated Parkland Valley 43-36 to finish fifth; and the female soccer team dropped a 2-1 decision to Rivers West and wound up sixth.
Overall, Team South East finished the first half with 17 medals: five gold, six silver and six bronze.
Regina leads the medal standings with 14 gold, 13 silver and four bronze, for 31 total medals. Saskatoon (9-8-12-29) sits second. Prairie Central (10-7-8-25) is third, Lakeland (8-4-9-21) sits fourth, South West (7-9-2-18) occupies fifth, and Parkland Valley (3-6-8-17) is tied with Team South East for sixth.
Rivers West (1-1-6-8) is eighth, and the North (0-1-1-2) is ninth.
The second half of the games begin on Thursday. The sports will include canoe-kayak, equestrian, male soccer, softball, swimming, tennis, and male and female volleyball.
