Members of the boys team are shown here, in front, from left, Kyler Cote, Tristen Benson, Ryan Olivier, Kevin Pinno, Dixon Hrycak and Brandon Veldhoen. In back, assistant coach Kevin Wilson, Wyatt Sawatzky, Curtis Moore, Myles Polkom, Damion Cormans, Jorden Hanson and coach Jason Hankewich.
Kevin McBain
of The Clarion
The Kindersley Composite School senior boys and girls basketball teams had successful starts to their seasons last weekend.
The boys hosted a six-team tournament with representation from Unity, Eagleview (Onion Lake), Saskatoon Legacy, Delisle and Asquith competing in two pools.
The KCS boys started off against a very tough Unity team and played well, coming back late and taking the lead before losing 54-53.
But the team shook of the rust, learned from their mistakes and won their next three games to claim the tournament championship.
“We had a bit of a bump in our first game,” said coach Jason Hankewich. “The guys had some rust they had to shake off, but in the end, we only lost by one.
“We had a bit of a talk after that and by the second quarter of the second game we were gaining momentum and things were clicking,” he added.
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They defeated Eagleview 61-40 in their second round-robin game to advance to the semifinals against Delisle, whom they defeated 35-31.
They then took on Saskatoon Legacy in the final, winning 59-36.
Hankewich said it was a good start.
“I was very impressed by their defence after that first game,” he said, adding that they will be working on ball movement and shooting in the practices to come.
After taking this weekend off, they head to Unity for a tournament on Dec. 15 and 16.
Senior girls win in Biggar
The KCS senior girls team also fared very well on the weekend, winning three straight games in Biggar on Saturday to claim the tournament championship.
Coach Autumn Lane said she was proud of the girls.
“I think the highlight was the girls keeping control of themselves,” she said. “We went into overtime in our final round-robin game and the girls showed great control and good ball control throughout.”
This week, they will be working on plays, moving the ball and rebounding.
The girls host a four-team round-robin tournament this weekend with the Kobras kicking things off against Caronport on Friday at 7 p.m.
Saturday, they take on Biggar at 11:45 a.m. and Kerrobert at 4:30 p.m.
Members of the sr. girls team, in front, from left, Dakota Retterath, Madison Kosolofski, Shayla Olafson, Kelly Cooke and Ashlyn Torrens. In back, Coach Autumn Lane, Kendall Dixon, Brittany Allen, Jo Nanda, Vicky Athanasopoulou, Kaley Heinrichs and Manager Jackie Wagner.
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