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Horns men's soccer program adds strong recruits

trevor.kenney — Wed, 23 Jul 2014 17:02:16 +0000

The ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ of Lethbridge Pronghorns men’s soccer team is pleased to announce four new additions to the 2014 Canada West roster.

After adding three local products earlier this offseason, the ‘Horns are also excited to introduce midfielders Allan Siwella, Franco Crnkovic, Sean Gaiskey and defender Blake Pipke.

Siwella, who was with the program last year but missed the entire season due to injury, joins the ‘Horns with a solid resume, being named a Canadian College All-Canadian while a member of the Medicine Hat Rattlers.

“Allan will bring some tremendous attack skills and leadership to the program,” says head coach Randy Bardock. “He has been playing with the AMSL (Lethbridge FC) team throughout the summer and is really starting to regain his previous form.”

Fellow midfielder, Crnkovic, comes to the ‘Horns from Calgary and the Villains club program.

“Franco brings an outstanding work ethic that stands out as soon as you watch him play,” says Bardock. “He brings a unique skill set that will be important for us as we needed to get better at the outside midfield position.”

Another Calgary product, Pipke, joins the ‘Horns via the Calgary Foothills program. The 6’1” defender will add versatility to the ‘Horns backline next season.

“Blake is a fantastic all-around defender and is a huge addition for us,” says Bardock. “His addition will give us a great deal of flexibility at the back next season.”

Gaiskey, a central midfielder, is a product of the Whitecaps Academy, and comes to the ‘Horns from Prince George, BC.

“Sean was recognized by the coaches for his attitude and work ethic, which has allowed him to grow tremendously as a player,” says Bardock. “Each of these four players come from high quality programs where they have been leaders on and off the field. We are extremely excited to be adding these four players to the program.”

Bardock looks to round out the program's recruiting class in the coming weeks and the ‘Horns will open the Canada West season Sept. 12 in Winnipeg versus the Winnipeg Wesmen.

Women's rugby 7s earn silver at Rugby Canada tourney

trevor.kenney — Wed, 12 Mar 2014 15:53:57 +0000

In their first appearance at the event, the ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ of Lethbridge Pronghorns women’s rugby team earned a silver medal at the fourth annual university sevens tournament hosted by Rugby Canada in Victoria, BC.

The Horns women’s rugby team took 12 players to participate in the event, choosing from the 2013 Pronghorn team that finished third in Canada West and was led by head coach JJ Ondrus.

After losing their opening game 17-12 to the ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ of Guelph, the Pronghorns beat McMaster 17-15 and the UBC Thunderbirds 7-5 in round robin play, earning a fourth seed heading into the medal round.

In the quarter-finals, led by two tries from Nicole Ronsky, the Horns defeated the Western Mustangs 17-5. They then faced a familiar foe, the Victoria Vikes in the semifinals, winning a close-fought game, 7-5, on a Tiffany Wideen try and Sarah Gordon conversion.

Running out of steam in the finals, the Horns were defeated 24-7 by McMaster.

“The girls are excited for fall after this success. We trained hard in the off season for this,” says head coach JJ Ondrus. “We're hoping to play more sevens in the future. After our first game (loss vs Guelph) we continued to build confidence, but ran out of steam in the final. I’m proud of the way the girls played, never giving up and scoring on the final play of the game.”

Ronsky led the Horns in scoring in the tournament, counting four tries, while Kara Loewen and Frederique Tremblay each scored two tries.

Horns' Gallagher and Hernandez capture CIS gold medals

trevor.kenney — Mon, 10 Mar 2014 22:20:07 +0000

Kayla Gallagher and Aaron Hernandez are national champions.

Horns thrower, Kayla Gallagher, centre, is pictured here following her iwn at the Canada West Track Championships. Over the weekend, she and teammate Aaron Hernandez each won CIS gold.

The ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ of Lethbridge Pronghorn track and field athletes each captured gold medals at this past weekend's CIS Track Championships at the ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ of Alberta.

In the meet’s opening event, second-year thrower Gallagher defended her weight throw title. As expected, the event was a two-horse race for gold with a battle between Gallagher and ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ of Saskatchewan Huskie thrower Taryn Suttie. On her fourth of six throws, Gallagher set a new personal best for the second meet in a row and claimed the gold medal with a throw of 18.66 metres. Suttie was second with an 18.21 metre throw. No other competitors were within a metre of the top two throwers.

“Kayla rose to the occasion once again, kept her unbeaten streak alive, and continues to develop into one of the top young throwers in Canada,” says Pronghorns head coach Larry Steinke. “I'm looking forward to the next few years in her development.”

Gallagher also competed in the shot put event and finished eighth with her furthest throw of 12.69 metres.

Fresh off being named the CIS track rookie of the year, Hernandez earned the CIS gold medal in the triple jump and his first national title. Hernandez entered the event ranked second, but matched his personal best of 15.03 metres on his fifth of six jumps to claim the triple jump title.

“Aaron showed he was the class of the field despite fouling his first two jumps, adding more stress and grey hair to my life,” says Steinke. “He overcame that and just got better on each jump, and showed a lot of poise and maturity despite his nerves almost getting the better of him as well. “

Battling the flu and nerves made it a tough weekend for ‘Horns throwers Peter Millman and Ryan Sommer. Millman finished sixth in both the weight throw and shot put events, as he was well under his personal best distances. Sommer, who didn’t compete in the weigh throw, finished 12th in the shot put.

Horns men's hockey looks for better results

trevor.kenney — Thu, 02 Jan 2014 21:17:36 +0000

Following a difficult first semester, the ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ of Lethbridge Pronghorns men’s hockey team hopes that 2014 will bring the team better fortune.

The Horns men's hockey team will be looking to get off to a beter start to the second half of the season.

The Horns kick off the second semester of conference action this weekend hosting the Regina Cougars for a pair of games. Puck drops both Friday and Saturday nights at 7 p.m. at Nicholas Sheran Arena and both games will also be streamed live on http://canadawest.tv.

After going 1-14-1 through the first semester, the Horns would like to forget the 2013 portion of the Canada West schedule, when everything that could go wrong seemingly did. The Horns are 10 points out of a playoff spot with just 12 games to play, but with eight of those 12 games at home, the schedule is finally working in their favour.

Though 16 games, the Horns have scored the fewest goals in the conference with 27 and allowed the most goals against with 87.

Freshman Ryon Moser leads the U of L with three goals and eight assists, while Cass Mappin and first-year centre Brock Hirshe are tied for the team lead in goals with five apiece.

For the Cougars, who are sitting at .500 (8-8-0), the second half will be a dogfight for home ice advantage in the first round of the playoffs. Entering play, the Cougars are fourth with 16 points, one point behind the Saskatchewan Huskies for third and only one point ahead of the Manitoba Bisons.

Offensively, the Cougars are led by Cody Fowlie and Brody Luhning who have registered 15 and 12 points respectively, while Liam Brennan leads the team in goals with seven.

Between the pipes, the Cougars have platooned the tandem of Andrew Hayes and Lucas Gore with both making eight appearances this season. Hayes has the better numbers statistically with a 2.98 goals-against-average and a 0.909 save percentage, however both goalies have each earned four wins.

Earlier this season, the Cougars swept the ‘Horns in Regina, winning by 6-0 and 4-1 scores.

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