Several athletes from the Southeast have been chosen to play on the Sask Winter Games’ hockey teams in a couple of months.
The bantam-aged girls team for the Southeast will have a lot of representation from the Estevan area, with defenceman Karleigh Mackenzie, forward Bailey Farr and Kayla Wanner making the team from Estevan. The three girls play on the Power Tech midget Bear Cats. The Parkland Valley team for the Games will also have Brynn Kuntz on defence. Kuntz also plays for the Bear Cats.
The boys team of first year bantam aged players also has some players from the local Bantam AA team. Goaltender Jackson Miller, forwards Kaden Chrest and Mason Fichter are all from Estevan and play on the TS&M Bruins. Forwards Mason Kukura from Bienfait and Colby Cuddington from Manor are also on the Bruins and will be on team Southeast. Bromhead’s Colby Durr and defenceman Alec Waldegger from Estevan played a game for the Bruins as affiliated players earlier this year.
The Sask Winter Games will be Feb. 18-24 in North Battleford.
Last week, the Top 160 Bantam Age players were announced by the Saskatchewan Hockey Association that will play in the Sask First Male Bantam Tournament later this month. The tournament will be Dec. 28-30 in Regina and will feature teams made of the top 80 second-year bantam-age players from the southern part of the province and the top 80 from the north. Named to the team are TS&M Bruins goaltender Zane Winter, and forwards Tyson Dales, Clay McKersie from Estevan and forwards Kieran Stewart from Oxbow and Turner McMillen from Carievale. Also named to the team was Estevan-born forward Maximus Wanner, playing for the Prairie Hockey Academy in Caronport, Sask.
