Bonnyville Mosquito AA Braves Enjoy Even Provincials Competition

The Mosquito Bonnyville AA Braves were in Grande Prairie this past weekend. The weekend saw them play a slate of four games. Bonnyville managed a win, and dropped the other three games in close contests.

Results

The AA Mosquito Braves left for Grande Prairie on Thursday. They knew going up their they were rated as a tier 3 team. The tournament featured five teams. Each team had to play four games to decide who would play in the gold medal round. The Braves lost their opener 21-17 against St. Albert. The Mosquitos came alive in the second game and rallied to be the Grande Prairie 22-7. Saturday was a big day for the Braves as they only had one game. It would end as an 11-9 loss to Parkland. The Braves would face eventual champions Oyen at 9 a.m. on Sunday, and drop a 16-10 decision.

Oyen went on to the championship game, and faced runner up Parkland. Oyen blew Parkalnd out of the water with a 20-12 victory.

“These boys never quit. We would get down, and they just wouldn’t quit.” Coach Kenny Macmillan says of the boys effort in Grande Prairie.

Until next year

Coach Macmillan was pleased with how effective the season rankings panned out. He believes that the competition was as fair as it could be in Grande Prairie. The Braves played in the tier 3 tournament, which is the third highest tier out of six. A point to note is that Elk Point hosted the tier 5 AA mosquito provincials on the same weekend.

The Mosquito AA Braves will get back to action next spring. A majority of the team is slated to return, and that has Coach Macmillan and Coach Joe Young very excited. The coaches are hoping to sneak in some ball practices during the winter months. Both coaches agree that for the first year of Mosquito AA ball in Bonnyville, it was a tremendous success of a season.