Earning a bye

Times Editor    

 

Two of the three teams part of the Wheatland Athletics Association earned a first round bye of the SCAHL playoffs. 

The Wheatland Braves and the Wheatland Warriors (peewee and bantam) will wait to see who they will play in the second round of the playoffs, while the Wheatland Chiefs prepare for a first round battle.

The Braves finished the season with a four game winning streak, including a pair of games this past weekend.

The local double-A peewee team defeated the Badlands Longhorns 14-0 on Feb. 15 in Hussar, before posting a 5-1 win over Sylvan Lake on Feb. 17.

By posting a 28-3-1 record, the team finished the season in first place in the North Division.

Meanwhile the Warriors wrapped up second place in the North Division with an impressive 18-9-5 season. The double-A bantam team capped off the season with a 1-0 loss against the Sylvan Lake Lakers on Feb. 18.

The Warriors will now wait to see who they will play in the post season.

However, the Wheatland Chiefs ended the season with a four-game losing streak, including a 4-3 defeat to Cranbrook on Feb. 16.

The local midget team, which lost each of the four games during the streak by one goal, finished the season with 17-15-2 season.

For an up-to-date version of the playoff schedule for all three Wheatland teams, please visit www.scahl.com and follow the links.