ESTEVAN - Athletes from the Estevan Kinette Club U18 Viragos were in Ottawa in late July for the Football Canada U18 National Female Championship.
Hailey Tangjerd and Ava Salminen were part of Team Saskatchewan at the event. Aurora McCutcheon was on the Indigenous Football Canada entry, which competed at the event for the first time and had players from across the country.
Rylee Briscoe was selected for Saskatchewan's practice team but didn't see game action.
Saskatchewan opened with a 48-6 loss against Team Alberta on July 23 in a rematch of last year's gold-medal game.
Tangjerd recorded two tackles in the game. Salminen had three yards rushing on one carry.
Their next contest was a 63-29 defeat against Quebec on July 26.
Tangjerd had three tackles in the game, and also had a punt return, while Salminen had one tackle.
Slotted into a consolation final, Saskatchewan fell 24-16 to Ontario Red on July 29.
Alberta and Quebec competed in a gold-medal game at the tournament.
As for the Indigenous Football Canada Entry, they opened with a 70-0 loss to Ontario Black on July 23, then lost 53-0 to Manitoba three days later and 41-0 to New Brunswick on July 29 to close out the tournament.
McCutcheon went 2-for-13 for 10 yards passing in the first game, and rushed four times.
In the second game, she completed three of six passes for 44 yards, and had carried the ball seven times.
(Individual stats for the games on the final day were not available).
