Medicine Hat College Rattlers sweep basketball, volleyball and hockey in busy weekend
The Rattlers also faced dangerous weather at an Edmonton cross country meet, where 100 km/h wind gusts toppled trees near the finish line.
Medicine Hat College Rattlers teams were in action across six sports over the weekend at the Snake Pit and on the road. The men's basketball team swept Olds College 99-60 and 85-68, led by guard Kieran Isnor's 21 and 26-point games, while the women's team won 80-50 and 77-49. In volleyball, the Rattlers men and women both defeated Ambrose University in close sets at home.
The women's hockey team travelled to Olds, winning 6-4 on Friday behind two goals from Kiyra Kletzel and 6-1 on Saturday with a four-goal game from Mya Girard. On the soccer pitch at Red Deer Polytechnic, the men won 1-0 on a Joao Nascimento goal while the women lost 3-0.
At the ACAC Cross Country 4 meet in Edmonton, wind gusts estimated near 100 km/h toppled trees and destroyed the finish-line setup partway through the men's eight-kilometre race, though officials rebuilt it before runners finished and no injuries were reported. Rattlers rookie Alejandro Ayala-Aguilar placed ninth, his best result of the season, with Ethan Mellish 14th. In the women's six-kilometre race, run before the weather turned, Meghan Reefhuis led Medicine Hat College in 10th place as the team finished fourth among 12 schools despite missing three of its top four runners.
The Rattlers golf teams also wrapped up the CCAA National Championship, with the men's team placing 10th of 10 and the women's team 5th of seven; Wyatt Bishop was the top men's finisher at 28-over par for 20th overall.
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