Curve Lake First Nation Athletes Bring Back Five Medals From North American Indigenous Games In Halifax

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Curve Lake First Nation representing Team Ontario is bringing back five medals including one gold, two silver and two bronze from Halifax in the 2023 North American Indigenous Games in softball and soccer.

(From Left to Right) Top Row: McKenzie Taylor, Softball; Danika Jacobs, Soccer; Abagail Jacobs, soccer; Grady Taylor, Softball and Quinn Jacobs, Softball. Bottom Row (softball): Jeffery Jacobs, Quinn Jacobs, Carter Jacobs, Tristin Williams, Ryker Jacobs, Louis Jacobs, Josh Knott and Grady Taylor. Photo courtesy of Curve Lake First Nation.

McKenzie Taylor was the lone gold medalist for U16 Female Softball. Team Ontario split the finals with Team Manitoba for gold due to weather cancellations for the playoffs.

The following are Team Ontario’s results for U16 Female Softball:

  • Game 1, July 17: 9-0 win vs. Alberta

  • Game 2, July 17: 9-4 win vs. Nova Scotia

  • Game 3, July 18: 7-3 loss vs. Manitoba

  • Game 4, July 19: 8-1 win vs. British Columbia

  • Game 5, July 20: 12-3 win vs. Saskatchewan

  • Game 6: July 20: 15-2 win vs. Wisconsin

  • Gold Medal Game: vs. Manitoba (cancelled)

Danika and Abagail Jacobs were able to take home silver for Team Ontario in U19 Female Soccer. Ontario went undefeated with a 3-0-1 record in their preliminary pools (Pool B) but fell short in the finals to Team Alberta, 5-1.

The following are Team Ontario’s results for U19 Female Soccer:

  • Game 1, July 17: 9-0 win vs. Nova Scotia

  • Game 2, July 18: 6-2 win vs. Wisconsin

  • Game 3, July 19: 0-0 draw vs. Saskatchewan

  • Game 4, July 20: 2-0 win vs. Saskatchewan

  • Finals, July 22: 5-1 loss vs. Alberta

Grady Taylor and Quinn Jacobs were the lone boys who brought back medals for Curve Lake, earning bronze in U16 Male Softball representing Team Ontario. They had a 2-2 record in the preliminaries that qualified them for the bronze medal match that they won 12-5 vs. British Columbia.

The following are Team Ontario’s results for U16 Male Softball:

  • Game 1, July 17: 13-3 loss vs. Saskatchewan

  • Game 2, July 18: 11-4 win vs. Nova Scotia

  • Game 3, July 18: 5-4 win vs. British Columbia

  • Game 4, July 19: 14-7 loss vs. Manitoba

  • Silver Medal Game, July 12: 12-5 win vs. British Columbia

The U19 Male softball team had finished in fifth place and had nine Curve Lake First Nation members (one coach and eight players).

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