ST. JOHN’S -- If things go according to plan for Team Saskatchewan, there could be a host of medals coming their way in the next couple of days.
The men’s baseball team advanced to the semifinal thanks to an 8-7 extra-inning win over Quebec and as a result will be playing for a medal on the final day of competition Saturday. First up is the chance to advance to the gold medal game, though, and Team Sask will once again face Quebec after they rebounded to defeat Alberta in the quarter-final. That contest goes Friday morning.
The men’s and women’s basketball teams joined the tennis team in also advancing to the medal round, with all three teams playing quarter-final contests on Thursday.
You can cycle through the photos above for a quick look at how Saskatchewan performed in each event on Wednesday and find detailed summaries below:
Men’s Baseball
It was an absolute barnburner in Saskatchewan’s qualifier round contest, as they’d score two in the bottom of the eighth to take their 8-7 extra-inning win over Quebec.
Control issues played a role in Team Sask’s win, as Saskatoon’s Reese Brons and Muenster’s Cade Britz drew back-to-back walks to load the bases before Martensville’s Josh Gutek hit a single to score pinch-runner Watrous’ Pryor Dyck with the tying run. Saskatoon’s Aiden Kilshaw was then hit by a pitch in their next at bat, and Brons would come home with a run for the walk-off win.
Reid Olfert hit a two-run home run for Saskatchewan, while Trentin Kooy went 3-for-5 with a run and RBI.
Landon Hebig started and allowed four unearned runs on three hits over four innings. Four pitchers saw action in relief over the next four innings, with Mason Fauser getting the win after holding Quebec to a single run in the eighth.
The semifinal match-up will mark the third meeting between Saskatchewan and Quebec, with Team Sask also winning their round robin game 10-5.
Men’s Basketball
Team Sask lost their final round robin game 100-54 to Nova Scotia to finish 2-2 in their round robin pool and in third place. That sent Saskatchewan into a qualification game, where they’d defeat Newfoundland 86-82 and advance to the quarter-final against Quebec on Thursday evening.
Regina’s Isaiah Yemba led Saskatchewan with 14 points in the loss to Nova Scotia, Prince Albert’s Zane Litzenberger contributed 13.
The qualification game saw Newfoundland take a 21-16 lead out of the first quarter before Team Sask went into halftime with a 40-39 lead. The teams would exchange the lead handful of times in the third quarter before Saskatchewan went ahead 55-52 with 4:07 remaining and would never again trail.
Regina’s Mofope Soyemi led Sask with 20 points, while North Battleford’s Nate Fransoo scored 18 and Litzenberger added 12.
Women’s Basketball
Saskatchewan took a 72-64 win over Manitoba in their final round robin game to finish with a perfect 4-0 record in their round robin pool.
That sends Team Sask into the quarter-final, where they’ll face B.C. for the right to move on to the medal round on Thursday morning.
Saskatchewan took an 18-15 lead out of the first quarter and held a 40-26 lead at the half. Their edge sat at 52-37 heading into the final 15 minutes, where Manitoba would rally and win the quarter 27-20 but fall short of a comeback.
Saskatoon’s Ryan Deutscher had 13 points and 13 rebounds to lead Saskatchewan. Regina’s Nicola Meban also scored 13 while Sloane Holt-Mellor added nine.
Women’s Box Lacrosse
Saskatchewan lost their quarter-final game 8-1 to Ontario and will close out their Canada Games appearance on Thursday when they take on Manitoba in a consolation contest.
Ontario took a 3-0 lead out of the first period and lead 5-0 midway through the second when Regina’s Amy Teichler scored Team Sask’s lone goal. White City’s Mandy Moen had the lone assist.
Canoe / Kayak
Men’s C-1 200 metres: Saskatoon’s Dominic Tarasoff (1:01.36) finished third in the Consolation Heat.
Women’s C-1 500 metres: Saskatoon’s Kaelynn Rochefort (3:13.80) finished second in the Consolation Heat.
Women’s C-2 200 metres: Rochefort and Casa Rio’s Amanda Walker (59.19) finished second in the Consolation Heat.
Mixed C-2 500 metres: Tarasoff and Walker (2:38.64) finished fifth in the Medal Heat.
Mens IC-4 200 metres: Tarasoff, Regina’s Baer Robertson, Regina’s Emmett Patterson, Regina’s Owen Miller (42.583) finish fifth in the Medal Heat.
Men’s IC-4 500 metres: Tarasoff, Regina’s Baer Robertson, Regina’s Emmett Patterson, Regina’s Owen Miller (2:03.42) finish fifth in the Medal Heat.
Women’s K-1 200 metres: Saskatoon’s Aley Chrunik (52.09) won the Consolation Heat.
Men’s K-1 500 metres: Saskatoon’s Lakai Madsen (2:08.99) finished second in the Consolation Heat.
Men’s K-2 200 metres: Madsen and Saskatoon’s Ashton Rochefort (40.66) finished first in the Consolation Heat.
Mixed K-2 500 metres: Saskatoon’s Will Syrioshka and Leilani Vanderydt (2:16.525) finished second in the Consolation Heat.
Women’s K-4 200 metres: Chrunik, Regina’s Isabella Nikitovic, Regina’s Axa Robertson and Regina’s Eve Wilson (45.40) finished fourth in the Medal Heat, three seconds back of Ontario for bronze.
Women’s K-4 500 metres: Chrunik, Nikitovic, Robertson and Wilson (2:07.81) finished fifth in the Medal Heat.
Cycling
Men’s Road Race: Regina’s Isaac McMurray finished 13th in a time of 3:17:43. Moose Jaw’s Marcus Capili finished 27th, Saskatoon’s Mikko Veeman finished 37th.
Women’s Road Race: Saskatoon’s Lydia Stack-Michasiw finished 19th in 2:49.19, Saskatoon’s Maria McCartney finished 22nd in 2:57.51. Shellbrook’s Marail Philp finished 29th.
Men’s Rugby Sevens
After being knocked out of medal contention on Tuesday, Team Sask rebounded with a 12-7 win over Newfoundland in a qualification game and then fell 35-12 to Nova Scotia to finish in sixth place.
Clavet’s Sam Pitzel and Regina’s Griffin Warnecke had Saskatchewan’s trys in both games, and Logan Jones kicked a convert in each contest.
Women’s Rugby Sevens
Saskatchewan dropped a 10-7 decision to New Brunswick in a qualification game to open play Wednesday and then defeated Prince Edward Island 20-0 to finish in seventh place.
Regina’s Abby McDonald had Team Sask’s only try against New Brunswick, Rouleau’s Kaia Nolan had the convert.
McDonald and Abby Hall each had two trys in the shutout win against P.E.I.
Women’s Softball
Saskatchewan dropped a 12-6 decision to Quebec in their first qualification game and will now face Prince Edward Island in the seventh-eighth place contest on Thursday.
Team Sask scored three runs in the bottom of the third to tie the game 3-3, but Quebec promptly came back with four runs and would put up runs in every inning the rest of the way to secure the win.
Debden's Ryhan Amundson went 3-for-4 with two runs to lead Saskatchewan, Saskatoon's Cadence Colborn was 2-for-4 with a triple and three RBI. Regina's Alexa Edmands also picked up two hits.
Martensville's Emma Frisky was the losing pitcher, allowing nine runs, seven earned, on 14 hits over five innings while striking out seven.
Swimming
Men’s 200m freestyle: Martensville’s Scott Heinbigner (2:03.77) finished fourth in the B Final. Regina’s Owen Eisler (2:08.83) finished 33rd, Warman’s Austyn Spiller (2:09.07) 34th and Saskatoon’s Landon Kennedy (2:09.84) 35th.
Women’s 200m freestyle: Regina’s Macy Harlos (2:12.37) finished second in the B Final, Martensville’s Nicole Godbout (2:19.00) finished eighth in the same race. Saskatoon’s Piper Lejbak (2:21.16) finished 31st, Neuanlage’s Mariah Weber (2:24.71) 36th.
Men’s Special Olympics 50m backstroke: Gull Lake’s Chayce Foster (56:35) finished 15th, Swift Current’s Tate Zimmerman (57.26) finished 16th.
Women’s Special Olympics 50m backstroke: Swift Current’s Avery Underhill (1:05.18) finished 14th and Rahimay Priebe (1:13.26) finished 15th.
Men’s 100m backstroke: Regina’s Soren Hansen (1:01.36) finished second in the B Final, Heinbigner (1:03.88) finished sixth in the same race. Regina’s Max Zhao (1:05.21) finished 24th and Saskatoon’s Noah Findlay (1:09.37) 33rd.
Women’s 100m backstroke: Regina’s Cashis Taypotat (1:08.16) finished fourth in the B Final, Prince Albert’s Clara Gelhorn (1:09.40) finished tied for fifth in the same race. Regina’s Jasmine Rogoza (1:09.58) was 22nd and Godbout (1:12.78) 29th.
Men’s Para 50m (SB1-3) / 100m (SB 4-9, 11-14) breaststroke: Moose Jaw’s Leo Zheng finished with 406 points.
Men’s 100m breaststroke: Saskatoon’s Kian Wu (1:09.19) finished sixth in the B Final. Saskatoon’s Oliver Genest (1:13:13) and Spiller (1:21.27) finishd outside the Finals.
Women’s 100m breaststroke: Regina’s Sarah Beare (1:17.32) took first place in the B Final, Saskatoon’s Avery Houle (1:19.03) finished sixth in the same race. Regina’s Bella George (1:20.18) and Weber (1:33.68) finished outside the Finals.
Men’s 200m butterfly: Regina’s Joshua Austin-Koyl (2:11.32) finished in first place in the B Final, Zhao (2:17.92) finished third in the same race. White City’s Inigo Gutierrez (2:22.25) finished 20th, Findlay (2:23.58) 22nd.
Women’s 200m butterfly: Regina’s Gillian Kimens (2:35.57) finished second in the B Final.
Tennis
Canada Games tennis is played under a team format, with two men’s singles, two women’s singles, a men’s doubles and a women’s doubles team making up each match.
Saskatchewan rolled to a 6-0 win over Northwest Territories to advance to the quarter-final against Alberta on Thursday.
Men’s Singles: Regina’s Kaiden Gui defeated Logan Doll 6-0, 6-1 and Regina’s Michael Liu defeated Will Kanigan 6-0, 6-0.
Women’s Singles: Saskatoon’s Margarita Ter-Grigoryan defeated Orlee Duru 6-2, 6-0 and Regina’s Anna Klemner defeated Anna Curran 6-0, 6-1.
Men’s Doubles: Regina’s Arya Guha and Ethan Guo defeated Doll and Kanigan 6-0, 6-0.
Women’s Doubles: Regina’s Karina Berksa and Regina’s Isabella Yan defeated Curran and Duru 6-0, 6-0.
