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Flagbearer Graves comes through with gold medal

By Kevin Mitchell, The Star Phoenix Gymnast Curtis Graves was honoured when Team Saskatchewan chose him as their Canada Games flagbearer -honoured and a little nervous. "I felt like I needed to prove myself (competitively), that I was the right person for it and that's what I tried to do today," Graves said Thursday night from Halifax. "Hopefully, it worked out."…

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Province claims four medals

Leader-Post February 15, 2011 Saskatchewan excelled in target shooting Monday at the Canada Winter Games in Halifax. Cassandra Wilson-Anderson of Naicam and Aerial Arthur of Saskatoon combined to win gold in the women's team air rifle event. Mack Kohl of Montmartre and Clayton Schlosser of Lloydminster were the silver medallists in men's team air rifle. None of the four…

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Kohl breaks target-shooting record

Mack Kohl of Montmartre set a Canada Winter Games target-shooting record while winning a gold medal for Saskatchewan on Wednesday in Halifax. Kohl won the men's individual event with a personal-best score of 680.5 points -exceeding the previous Games record by six points. "It definitely is very exciting,'' Kohl said Wednesday from Halifax. "I really feel like I need…

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Saskatoon shooters land province first gold medal in Games

By Taylor Lambert, The StarPhoenix February 15, 2011 Saskatchewan pulled in its first two medals of the 2011 Canada Games on Monday, but the athletes who won them are being very hush-hush about the whole thing. A gold for the women's target shooting team and a silver for the men in their respective air rifle team events put Team Sask. on the medal board, but their coach refused all…

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Curtis Graves to carry Team Saskatchewan's flag at Winter Games' opening ceremonies

Curtis Graves to carry Team Saskatchewan's flag at Winter Games' opening ceremonies By ROB VANSTONE, Leader-Post February 10, 2011 Photograph by: Don Healy, Leader-Post files REGINA — Curtis Graves will celebrate his 18th birthday in fine style Friday. Graves, a Saskatoon gymnast, will be Team Saskatchewan's flagbearer at the Canada Winter Games' opening…

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