Seven area athletes medal at Games in Fort McMurray
By Sean Rooney on February 20, 2018.
Medicine Hat News Medicine Hat-and-area athletes returned with a handful of medals from this past weekend’s Alberta Winter Games in Fort McMurray. Snowboarder Jasmine Acton led the way with double gold, winning in both boardercross and slopestyle in her second trip to the Games —she was also on the team when the 2016 event was hosted here in Medicine Hat. Acton was among seven area medal winners, four of whom earned gold. Ethan Cobbe-Hoggan won in his 81 kilogram judo division, part of a strong showing for Hat judokas. Teammate Kayen Ivey was third in his 66-73 kg division. A pair of hockey players won gold —but not for the Sunny South zone. Dawson Seitz and Elias Eisenbarth had tried out en masse for a selection pool from which Zone 1 and 2 teams were picked. They made the most of both being on the Zone 2 squad, which went 4-1 including a 2-0 shutout of Zone 3 in the gold medal final Sunday. Zone 1 went 1-2-1 to wind up eighth. Another non-Zone 1 athlete, Miguel Delgado, wound up with a medal as he ended up with the Zone 2 wrestling team that struck bronze. Finally, Duchess athlete Kristina Jensen took third in girls fencing epee. See Zone, Page A11 Zone 1 finished with seven gold, 10 silver and 11 bronze, seventh in the overall medal standings among the eight zones. The Medicine Hat-based Zone 1 ringette team wound up sixth, going 1-2 in the round robin to miss out on the medal round. They fell 4-3 to Zone 3, 10-5 to eventual gold medallists Zone 6, then beat Zone 4 7-3. An 11-4 win over Zone 7 got them to the fifth-place game, where they fell 8-7 to Zone 5. Results Medicine Hat-and-area results from the Alberta Winter Games this past weekend (all Medicine Hat residents unless indicated, all Zone 1 unless indicated): Jasmine Acton – snowboarding, first boardercross, first slopestyle Sydney Anderson – ringette, sixth Abby Bacon – wrestling fourth team Gavin Bacon – wrestling fourth team Aayden Callan – wrestling third 83 kg, fourth team Dylan Callan – wrestling second 83-plug, fourth team Jaylaina Callan – wrestling fourth team Madalena Caparini – fencing fifth foil, seventh team Sydney Carlson – ringette sixth Maggie Carrier – ringette sixth Mikaela Claypool – ringette sixth Ethan Cobbe-Hoggan – judo 81-plus first Miguel Delgado – wrestling (Zone 2) team third Brandon Dintheer – fencing fourth foil, seventh team Mackenzie Duchscherer – badminton sixth girls doubles, fifth team Triston Duchscherer – badminton seventh mixed doubles, fifth team Loralee Eastland – ringette sixth Elias Eisenbarth – hockey (Zone 2) first Jada Harper – ringette sixth Hanna Heidel – ringette sixth Ariana Herman (Schuler) – ringette, sixth Sheridyn Herman (Schuler) – ringette, sixth Kayen Ivey – judo 66-73 kg third Ethan Jacobson – speedskating individual fifth, relay fourth Kristina Jensen (Duchess) – fencing, third women’s epee, seventh mixed team Kylie Kallenberger – ringette sixth Mia Kelly – volleyball fifth Lauren Klick – ringette sixth Hannah Kozakewich (Dunmore) – wrestling, fourth 46 kg Kennedy Lanigan – ringette sixth Aidan Mackinnon – wrestling team fourth Allison Mason – ringette sixth Shauna Mcaleese (Duchess) – girls volleyball, fifth Luke Mcluskey – fencing sabre eighth, team seventh Bailee McNaughton – wrestling team fourth Matayah Metz – hockey (Zone 4) sixth Ethan Pitman – volleyball fifth Justina Renke (Cypress County) – girls volleyball, fifth Amanda Robinson – ringette sixth Marley Rose – ringette sixth Carter Schultz – volleyball fifth Ashlyn Seale – ringette sixth Dawson Seitz – hockey (Zone 2) first Marin Sinclair – ringette sixth Shane Smith (Duchess) -hockey, eighth Addisyn Thompson (Duchess) – gymnastics, 14th all-around Level 7 Leslie Waldbauer (Walsh) – badminton, fifth team Lexie Waldbauer (Walsh) – badminton, fifth team, seventh mixed doubles Emily Warwick – fencing sabre fourth, team seventh Logan Wells – wrestling 76 kg fourth, team fourth Kobe Willis – snowboarding 15th boardercross, 15th slopestyle Michael Woods – fencing sixth epee, seventh team 68-67
