CANORA - The U18 Preeceville Pats triumphed during an astonishing playoff run, winning the A-banner for the Major Hockey League. The Pats also enjoyed a long and successful run in provincial playoffs, making it all the way to the final before finishing second.
A number of Canora Composite seniors played for the Pats during the season: Bronson Heshka, Tomas Hauber, Porter Wolkowski, Hunter Lamb, Rhett Ludba, and Briel Beblow. CCS students Cody Vangen and Wyatt Wolkowski from the Highway 9 Predators U15 hockey team were brought in to help.
The team won the A Banner game against Indian Head on March 27. The final score was 2-0 for Preeceville. Fans from Canora Composite packed the arena in Preeceville to watch the team take home the win and to support their fellow CCS representatives.
During the Preeceville Minor Hockey award ceremony on April 1, a number of Canora Composite alumni were handed awards including Grade 12 student Tomas Hauber, who received the Karen Theil memorial award for Best Defenseman. Canora fans were definitely happy with the Canora Composite player’s performance.
Reality show stops in Canora
A British reality show called Race Across The World made a pitstop in Canora during the BBC show's production in June 2022 that filmed completely in Canada. The four remaining teams in the competition show came to town to wait for a ride on a Via Rail train bound for Churchill, Man. However, one team left with a Canora Cougars souvenir. During the show’s stop in Canora, competitors Claudia and Kevin met a family of former and present Canora Composite alumni during a gardening task at the town’s Dairy Bar.
The family decided to give the team a shirt from the Canora Cougars 2020-21 merchandise as a present for stopping by. It may have brought them good luck, because Claudia and Kevin ended up winning the leg of the race in Churchill.
Race Across The World is a British reality show based on the American reality show The Amazing Race in which five teams must navigate across locations where they complete tasks to gain money for ground transportation without cell phones or Internet access. This marks the first time a televised reality show from any country has been filmed in Canora.
Alumnus recognized
Canora Composite alumnus Clay Sleeva has won a prestigious award. Clay, who plays hockey, was named the RBC Community Ambassador of the year for the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League.
Sleeva has played for the Yorkton Terriers SJHL hockey team for two years. He, alongside a number of other candidates and SJHL players from across Saskatchewan, was originally nominated as a finalist for the award. Fans were able to vote once a day per-device. After over 17 days of voting, the 19 year old was given the title during an April 15 SJHL game between Flin Flon and North Battleford.
Sleeva stated that he won “$3,500.” As a result of winning the award, Clay is donating every penny of the $3,500 cash prize to the Canora Composite School to help with kitchen renovations. Clay stated shortly after earning the title that it was an honour to have so many kids around the Canora area look up to him as inspiration.
Clay is expected to play in the 2023-24 SJHL season with the Terriers for his third and final year.
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A scary video has surfaced of a horrific collision in Florida.
The incident occurred when a semi hauling automobiles suddenly got stuck while crossing on a set of railroad tracks in Hollywood, Florida. The truck got caught by the crossing arms, preventing it from moving forward or backwards. A Brightline passenger train packed with people slammed into the tractor trailer. The collision was so bad that a power line and traffic light were brought down.
According to 7 News Miami, “Hollywood Police and Fire Rescue units responded to the scene of the collision along the train tracks near Washington Street and Â鶹ÊÓƵ Dixie Highway, at around 7:40 p.m.”
The impact sent vehicles on the trailer flying.
Witness Berto Nieves said he heard the collision, stating to reporters, “What I heard was the sound of the train coming, and the impact happened within like five seconds after hearing the sound of the train.”
Cars on the tractor-trailer were severely damaged in the collision. Brightline posted in a statement that there were no injuries to the crew or passengers. As a result of the collision, Brightline temporarily suspended commuter service between Fort Lauderdale and Miami while crews cleaned up the scene, hampered by the poor weather and flooding the city was experiencing at the time.
