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Zone 1 ringette team finishes in sixth place at Alberta Winter Games

Feb 20, 2018 | 1:39 PM

WOOD BUFFALO, AB — The Zone 1 ringette team played hard over the weekend at the 2018 Alberta Winter Games in Wood Buffalo.

The team, with all but two players calling Medicine Hat home, were defeated 8-7 in the consolation round final by Zone 5B (Black and Gold/Yellowhead), finishing in sixth place.

In round robin play, Zone 1 finished with a record of 1-2. The team was defeated 4-3 by Zone 3 (Calgary), 10-5 by Zone 6 (Edmonton), but were able to defeat Zone 4 (Parkland) 7-3.

In the consolation round, Zone 1 defeated Zone 7 (Northeast) 11-4 to advance to the final.

Zone 6 won the gold medal at the tournament, defeating Zone 2 (Big Country) 5-2 in the final.

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The Alberta Winter Games Team will be playing a charity game against the Medicine Hat Police Service on Wednesday February 21 at the Moose Rec Centre. The game begins at 6:30 p.m.

Note: This story has been corrected. A previous version had the ringette game between the MHPS and the ringette team on February 23. The game is set for Wednesday.