\nQueens Rodeo Team with a strong weekend<\/p>\n
The Red Deer Polytechnic Kings hockey team claimed a silver medal at the Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference championship this past week, while the Queens rodeo team recorded several top 10 finishes at a spring event in southern Alberta.<\/p>\n
At the Gary W. Harris Canada Games Centre on Friday, March 20, the SAIT Trojans defeated the Kings 3-0 in Game 3 of the best-of-five final to secure the conference title. The result earned the Kings ACAC silver.<\/p>\n
Kings players honoured<\/p>\n
Despite the loss, several Kings players were recognized with league honours. Forward Nolan Doell, a fourth-year player from Martensville, Sask., was named an ACAC Men\u2019s Hockey Academic All-Canadian, the conference\u2019s Top Scorer and a First Team All-Conference selection. Defenceman Tanner Sklaruk of Stony Plain was awarded ACAC Men\u2019s Hockey Player of the Year and also named to the First Team All-Conference.<\/p>\n
The RDP Queens rodeo team had a successful weekend. RDP Athletics
\nQueens Rodeo Team with a strong weekend<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, the Queens rodeo team competed at the SAIRT Spring Rodeo in Claresholm from March 21 to 22, posting multiple strong performances.<\/p>\n
Kaybree Zunti led the way with a first-place finish in barrel racing on Saturday with a time of 15.97 seconds and followed with a fifth-place result on Sunday (16.43). She also placed 10th in goat tying on Saturday (16.5) and fifth on Sunday (11.4), and added a third-place finish in the breakaway challenge on Saturday (3.3).<\/p>\n
Teammate Elyse Terpsma, a welder apprentice, finished seventh in pole bending on Saturday with a time of 22.64 seconds.<\/p>\n
The results cap a successful stretch of competition for RDP Athletics, highlighted by a conference medal in hockey and continued depth in rodeo events.<\/p>\n
**with information provided by RDP Athletics<\/a><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n