Mohawks rugby team wins South Zone title

By None on June 5, 2018.

Alberta Newspaper Group

LETHBRIDGE

Raymond Comets and Medicine Hat Mohawks captured the Tier 1 titles as the Southern Alberta High School Rugby League held its championship games Monday at Sherring Field at Lethbridge Sports Park.

Comets concluded a dominant Tier I girls’ season where they didn’t allow a point, defeating LCI Clippers 146-0 in Monday’s championship game.

In the Tier 1 boys’ final, Medicine Hat beat the LCI Rams 27-19. Eden Jonkers had two tries, Bretton Labash and Cody Lyon had the others as the Mohawks avenged a narrow loss to the Rams in the regular season. They now advance to provincials this weekend in Calgary.

In Tier 2, Winston Churchill Bulldogs outlasted Fort Macleod F.P. Walshe Flyers 36-31 to claim the boys’ crown while Walshe edged Churchill 12-10 in the girls’ final.

Taber W.R. Myers Rebels claimed the Tier 3 girls’ title with a 58-10 win over Vulcan County Central Hawks.

League all-stars were named after each of the championship games.

Tier 1 Boys

MVP: Tanner Boychuk (LCI). All-stars: Karsen Dunn (LCI); Jordan MacPherson (LCI); Tanner Boychuk (LCI); Adam Gold (LCI); Reid Leclaire (LCI); Quinn Buchanan (LCI); Todd Pollock (LCI); Cody Lyon (Med. Hat); Fatmir Kueirkeli (Med. Hat); Joe Winterburn (Med. Hat); Bretton Labash (Med. Hat).

Tier 2 Girls

All-stars: Katerina Montague (LCI); Annah Westrop (LCI); Kora Schmale (Raymond); Gracie Nelson (Raymond); Kansas Long (Raymond); Ivy Jensen (Raymond); Madi MiIler (Raymond); Olivia Allred (Raymond).

Tier 2 Boys

All-stars: Carter Langevin (Chinook); Ethan Prawdzik (Chinook); Mike Jensen (Chinook); Jan Hendrik Lourens (County Central); Cameron Warren (County Central); Ben Craig (F.P. Walshe); Tasan Perry (F.P. Walshe); Jackson Wright (F.P. Walshe); Blayze Elder (Winston Churchill); Sean Adams (Winston Churchill); Josh Peters (Winston Churchill); Taylor Mason (Winston Churchill); Yannis Boenn (Winston Churchill); Justin Durling (Winston Churchill).

Tier 2 Girls

MVP: Sofia Hoff (F.P. Walshe). All-stars: Shelby Heninger (F.P. Walshe); Bradi Feller (F.P. Walshe); Tiegan Trotter (F.P. Walshe); Haley Cervo (F.P. Walshe); Sofia Hoff (F.P. Walshe); Kiarra Clark (Winston Churchill); Kaite Small (Winston Churchill); Hannah Vanderhulst (Winston Churchill); Nikki Carter (Winston Churchill).

Tier 3 Girls

MVP: Jenna Jonker (W.R. Myers). All-stars: Kirtsy McFayden (Chinook); Liz Orr (Chinook); Payton Viney (Chinook); Taryn Kustra (Chinook); Emily Slocombe (County Central); Ane Janse Van Rensburg (County Central); Keauna Kirby Harris (County Central); Daryl-Ann Walker (Crescent Heights); Leigh Erickson (Matthew Halton); Adeline Halibert (Matthew Halton); Vicky Shimbashi (W.R. Myers); Dani Wright (W.R. Myers); Jenna Jonker (W.R. Myers).

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