Sept 9-10 Weekend Recap

Cross Country Women Take Top 2 Podium Spots

Medicine Hat College runners Becky Ross (2^nd year, Medicine Hat, AB, Nursing) and Maddy Scrimger (2^nd year, Harrogate, England, Nursing) gave notice Saturday that they will again be forces to be reckoned with on the ACAC XC running scene this fall. Becky Ross and Maddy Scrimger placed first and second respectively at 2023 ACAC #1 XC. The pair, who were both ACAC all-conference runners in 2022, placed first and second respectively at the Concordia University of Edmonton Open at Gold Bar Park. Ross recorded a time of 24:44 for the hilly 6 km course, 45 seconds ahead of Scrimger. Teammate Pyper Gill (3^rd year, Red Deer, AB, Paramedic) was forced to abandon the race at the 3.5 km mark due to ankle injury.

Three MHC men also raced in Edmonton on Saturday. Third-year Rattler Shintaro Iwata (3^rd year, Nagoya, Japan, Business) was the top MHC finisher, completing the 8 km race in 33:42, good for 12th place. Jaiden Romanuik (3^rd Year, Westlock, AB, Nursing) (16th) and Gage Smith (2^nd year, Medicine Hat, AB., UT Science) (20th) also took part in the race.

Next weekend the Cross-Country teams head to Calgary for the second Grand Prix of the season

Valk Takes First Men's Regional Championship; Bourassa takes 3^rd in the Women's

The golf team travelled to Edmonton this past weekend with sites set on bringing home more hardware this season. On the men's side Michael Valk (4^th year, Medicine Hat, AB, Power Engineering) captured 1^st place with an overall score of +1, 7 shots better than second place. Jace Shannon (1^st year, Forestburg, AB, Power Engineering) finished tied for 9^th, Ryan Hodgson (1^st year, Medicine Hat, AB, Apprenticeship) tied for 13^th, Jackson Bowal was +37, Keelan Burzminski (1^st year, Medicine Hat, AB, Information Technology) was +49, Ty Moline (4^th year, Red Deer, AB, Education) & Josh Burzminski (1^st year, Medicine Hat, AB, Power Engineering) finished at +66 and +67 respectively.  The men's team overall finished in 4^th place.

On the women's side the team was led by Libby Bourassa (2^nd year, Medicine Hat, AB, UT Science) who shot +33 which was good enough for 3^rd. Taryn Sanderson (1^st year, Vulcan, Alberta, Criminal Justice) finished in 6^th place with a +51 score, Julia Beaton (1^st year, Calgary, AB, Sport & Event Marketing & Management) secured 9^th place with a score of +80 , and Emma Arndt (1^st year, Maple Creek, SK, Education) finished 14^th with a two day score of +103. Overall, the women placed 2^nd over the weekend.

The women return to the course this upcoming weekend as they play host to the South Regional Championship at Desert Blume Golf Course September 17^th & 18^th.

Rattlers Women Soccer Split; Men's Soccer Full of Ties

The Rattlers Women's Soccer Team was victorious on Saturday lead by a hat trick from Jaycee Berggren (1^st year, Swift Current, SK, Pre-Dental Hygiene) in a convincing 5-1 win over the Olds College Broncos. A goal by Keandra Leslie and an own goal by the Broncos finished off the scoring with Abby Lalach picking up her first win of the year. On Sunday however the results were not in the women's favor as they fell 2-1 to the reigning ACAC Champions RDP Queens. A goal by Maisa Rebello (4^th year, Rio de Janeiro, BRA, Business Administration) in the 56^th minute was sandwiched between goals by the Queens who ultimately came out with the three points.

The Men's team came away with two draws over the weekend against teams who last year were in the playoff play-in game. On Saturday the men fell behind early to the Olds Broncos but battled back in the 30^th minute on a goal by Mizuki Ozawa (2^nd year, Fukeda, Japan, University Studies). No goals were had in the second half as the teams finished 1-1. On Saturday it was the same story with RDP getting on the board first to take an early lead. The Rattlers batted back to tie it up just before halftime on a penalty kick by De'Shaunt Gelinas-Cato (1^st year, Regina SK, Kinesiology) The Rattlers took the lead midway through the second half on a goal by Joel Lehr (1^st year, Medicine Hat, AB, Kinesiology) only to give it back moments later when RDP came down and tied it up. The teams would have a spirited final 20 minutes but no more goals would come.

The Rattlers soccer teams head to Ambrose on Saturday for a game against the Lions with the women kicking off at 4:00pm and the men to follow at 6:00pm.