November 12, 2025
Men’s wheelchair basketball captures gold at Youth Parapan Am Games
Team Canada held off an Argentinian comeback in the men’s 5-on-5 wheelchair basketball event to capture gold with a 61-54 win at the Youth Parapan American Games in Chile on Saturday.
Featuring Saskatoon’s Lucas Floer on the court and Jared Sajtos on the bench as assistant coach, the Canadian squad finished the tournament undefeated, which included a 79-48 win over Brazil in semifinals.
Canada takes silver at Ringette World Championships
With the series tied 1-1, the Canadian junior ringette team faced off against the host Finland in a winner-take-all tiebreaker on Sunday, losing 3-1.
The loss earned Canada silver.
The Canadian squad featured centre Regina’s Lauren Schoenhofen, who helped Canada capture the 4-3 win earlier on Sunday with a goal, as well Regina’s Donnell Schoenhofen on the bench.
Hudak selected as honorary co-captain for Canadian Paralympic team
Three-time Paralympic bronze medallist, Prince Albert’s Brittany Hudak, will be taking on a new role at the upcoming 2026 Paralympic Winter Games in Milano Cortina as she was announced as honorary co-captain for the team.
Along with five others, Hudak will act as part of a leadership group while competing at the Games.
U17 World Challenge wraps up
Team Canada Red and Team Canada White faced off in the gold-medal final at the U17 World Challenge Hockey Cup in Nova Scotia on Saturday, with the former coming out on top 6-3.
Saskatchewan players were on the roster for both teams with Canada White featuring forwards Kayden Stroeder of Lanigan and Maddox Shultz of Regina who tied for the most goals of the tournament with six, including one in the final, and was named a tournament all-star.
Meanwhile, Canada Red included forwards Chase Surkan of Regina and Blake Chorney of Nipawin — who had a pair of assists in the final — as well as defenceman Boston Tait of Estevan. Prince Albert’s Ryan MacDonald also led the team as head coach.
Saskatchewan claims bronze at mixed curling championship
Four stolen points helped propel the Saskatchewan mixed curling team to an 8-3 victory in Saturday’s bronze-medal final in front of a home crowd in Assiniboia.
Saskatchewan, which featured Regina’s Colleen Ackerman in lead, Samuel Wills in second, Robyn Silvernagle in third and Jason Ackerman as skip, as well as Amber Holland as coach, went 5-1 in pool play to advance to semifinals.
In that game, Saskatchewan found themselves on the opposite side of the 8-3 score, falling to Ontario and dropping to the bronze game.
Canada finishes fifth at Continental Cup
A 3-0 sweep in their final game gave Canada the fifth-place finish at the NORCECA Girls’ U17 Continental Championship in Costa Rica.
The team, which included Regina’s Ella Grapentine and Kipling’s Shayla Brynell, won 25-22,25-20 and 25-15 to bring their overall record at the event to 4-2.
Three Sask players on national futsal team
Goalkeeper Jaydn Steinhauer, as well as wingers Erica Hindmarsh and Jade Houmphanh, all from Saskatoon, will join 11 other players from across the country when Canada competes at the inaugural Futsal Women’s World Cup.
The event, which runs Nov. 21 to Dec. 7 in the Philippines, will see Canada compete in Group B alongside Colombia, Thailand and Spain.
Gross captures Para dressage title
Following two weeks of competition, Saskatoon’s Calla Gross and her horse Lady Lark have been crowned champions of the Canadian Para Dressage Grade IV Intermediate class.