Two teams from High Prairie captured junior high school basketball championships at the High Prairie School Division final tournament March 1 in High Prairie. The Prairie River Raiders won the boy’s title when they defeated the Kinuso Knights 48-22 in the final. St. Andrew’s Saints won the girl’s crown when they beat Prairie River 50-23 in the final. Slave Lake Roland Michener Rams and Wabasca Mistassiniy Mustangs also played in the girl’s tournament and St. Andrew’s and Donnelly G.P. Vanier Vipers also played in the boy’s tournament.
High Prairie St. Andrew’s Saints won the 2025 junior girl’s basketball championship for High Prairie School Division. Front row, left-right, are head coach Kailey Delorme, Adrienne Cunningham, Nadene Tolentino, Ella Kachuk, Emma Willier and Nala Palisoc. Back row, left-right, are Noah Cunningham, Melissa Stewart, Mary Flowers, Bryanna Thunder, Tyra Collins and Rylea Cardinal. Missing in the photo are Brynn Billings, Danica Haire and Blaike Gauchier.The Prairie River Raiders, of High Prairie, won the 2025 junior boy’s basketball championship for High Prairie School Division. In front, left-right, are coach Kristen Rich, John Lefthand, Makaio Giroux-Bellerose, William Sabado, Josh Capiral, Dastan Bulosan, Reid Girard, Dutch Degner and coach Cheyenne Simms. In the back row, left-right, are Deigen Willier, Aryaman Kukreja, Tristen Clubb, Traxtyn Rich, Benjamin Jackman and Dayton Prince Bellerose.
