Week 3 of high school football action begins on Thursday

Week 3 of high school football across the region gets underway on Thursday.  

In a game that you can listen to Bolt FM, Wakaw will host Shellbrook.  

Wakaw has started strong in 2024, picking up a pair of wins in their first two games with a pair of convincing wins. Shellbrook is 0-2, but were involved in a pair of close games, losing to Creighton by two, and were defeated by Hague by seven points.  

Viragos set to strike back in Vipers rematch

The Estevan Viragos showed significant improvement this past weekend despite a 49-37 loss to the Moosomin Generals.

Head coach Mark Tribiger expressed pride in his team’s effort, highlighting their resilience and the positive changes made after their previous game.

“We were pretty happy with the outcome, even though we didn’t come away with the win,” Tribiger said. “At halftime, it was 41-19, but we made some adjustments, and in the second half, we put a little bit of a scare into Moosomin.”

Sports Update - Thursday, September 19th

Steinbach Regional is 2-0 to start the 2024 Winnipeg High School Football League JV9 season. Arkin Padron threw touchdown passes to Alex Horn and to Owen Medeiros as the SRSS shutout the River East Kodiaks 28-0 in Winnipeg. The Sabres defense was outstanding. Gian Harder had three interceptions including a pick-6, Pavel Tsialipka had six tackles for losses and three quarterback sacks while Cruz Greenham had two interceptions. Backup quarterback Mason Wiebe threw a late touchdown pass to Nathan Trudeau to put an exclamation mark on the Sabres second win of the season.

Airdrie Special Olympics celebrates annual awards event

On Sunday, Airdrie Special Olympics held its annual awards event showcasing the memorable year they had.

Sue Farkas-Fillatre, the media relations coordinator with Airdrie Special Olympics wrote to DiscoverAirdrie stating they had a great time at the event and that the coaches wish they were able to hand out more awards than just two per sport.

Here are the award winners (last name withheld for confidentiality):

Scoreboard/Line-up

Thursday, September 19th

Zone 4 High School Soccer
Boys
Garden Valley vs Northlands Parkway
@ Winkler, 4:30 p.m.
Miller at Morden, 4:30 p.m.
Morris/St. Jean vs Dufferin Christian
@ Morris, 4:30 p.m.
Roseau Valley vs Shevchenko 
@ Dominion City, 6 p.m.
Girls
Miller at Morden, 4:30 p.m.
Northlands Parkway vs Dufferin Christian
@ Carman, 4:30 p.m.
Morris/St. Jean vs Roseau Valley
@ Dominion City, 4:30 p.m.

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