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ACAC Athlete of the Week

The Keyano Huskies swept The King’s University College Eagles this past weekend, 3-0 and 3-2 propelling the Huskies to fourth place in the ACAC.

On Saturday it was the Justin Allcock show with an incredible 21 kills and three blocks in a five-game match that went Huskies way 25-22, 25-18, 17-25, 23-25 and 15-11. On Friday he had five kills, three service aces and one block.

Volleyball MVP of Eden High School Gr. 10 and Grade 12 and Athlete of the Year in Grade 12, Allcock came to Keyano College from St. Catharines, Ontario after one year of post secondary play with the East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania Warriors where the highlight was playing against Penn State. With a 36 inch vertical and 6-foot-4 frame, Allcock has been a standout player in the ACAC ranks with 163 kills last year.

Congratulations Justin on an oustanding performance!

By Trevor Howlett, Fort McMurray TODAY

In her second season with the Keyano College Huskies womens basketball team, point guard Vanessa Wideman sees a marked improvement in the 2011-12 version of the team compared to last year. Last year's team recorded just two wins in the entire season. This season the team got their second win of the year on Friday.

"The new coach, Dwayne (Vigilance) has turned everything around for us, practices everything," said Wideman. "We have a new strategy and everything but we owe it all to the coach. We work way harder and everyone is more committed."

Wideman led the team in points in Friday's win over the Briercrest Clippers with 17 points.

Wideman, a native of Spruce Grove, currently leads the ACAC in steals per game with 4.20 and is second in the North Division in assists per game, with an average of 4. She's also second on the Huskies in total points this season with 54. She's also one of only two players on the team to record a double-double this season, scoring 12 points and 11 assists on Oct. 28 against NAIT.

"Vanessa's really coming into her own. I try to put a lot of pressure on her," said Vigilance. "She dominated on Friday against the Clippers ... The problem with Vanessa is that she doesn't realize how good she is. For her it's a confidence thing. If she's playing confident, she can play with anyone in the country."

Wideman is on pace to put up more points, assists and steals this season compared to her rookie year. Her favourite part of playing basketball is seeing hard work and effort pay off.

11/06/2011 - Keyano Huskies women’s volleyball rookie Rianne Virostek led the team with seven kills in a 25-22, 25-13, 25-14 loss Friday to the host The  King’s University College in Alberta Athletic College Conference regular season play.

Huskies, who were out spiked 38-23, came back Saturday to close the gap squeezing in a win 25-23 and  losing 25-15, 25-21, 25-16.

Huskies’ Kathleen Sharun and Sara Bizovie had 12 kills each while Virostek once again had seven.

Kaila Whitton had 13 for Eagles.

“Just continued improvement,” said Huskies coach Sean Seywright of Saturday’s performance  “We came out and showed a better team chemistry and work ethic. We had a more stable passing game and had a lot of offensive choices.

“We were mentally tougher. We put a lot of pressure on them and had them rattled actually. Once again a few little errors and missed serves and that was the difference on the scoreboard.”

Huskies host NAIT Ooks Nov 18-19 at the Syncrude Sports & Wellness Centre.

11/06/2011 - Keyano College Huskies defeated The King’s University College Eagles this past Friday 26-24, 25-21 and 21-13 behind the 10 kills performance of 6-foot-3 right side Matthew Hebert and 6-foot-4 left side Justin Allcock assisted with five kills, three service aces and one block.

Will Gelderman had 15 kills for the Eagles.

On Saturday it was the Allcock show with an incredible 21 kills and three blocks in a five-game match that went Huskies way 25-22, 25-18, 17-25, 23-25 and 15-11.

Tiago Oliveira has four blocked shots for the Huskies.

Eagles Jacob Skepple had 17 kills.

“Justin played a major role in our two road wins this weekend against the Kings College Eagles,” said Huskies coach Trent Mason.  “Justin gave us an opportunity to win each night with consistent passing, aggressive serving and offensive efficiency.”

Huskies Justin Allcock had 21 kills yesterday vs. Eagles.

Photo by Erwin Kuhr