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Athletes from the Eastman region found some great results at the North American Indigenous Games, scoring medals in 17 events at the tournament.

Manitoba had a solid event overall, picking up 70 medals, good for fifth in the overall standings. The province only finished behind Saskatchewan, B.C., Ontario and Alberta.

Brooke Peloquin, a swimmer from St Pierre was dominant in the pool, picking up three individual gold medals, two relay silvers and an individual silver. She dominated in the breaststroke events, earning a gold medal in the 200 metre and 50 metre and a silver in the 100 metre.

Team Manitoba’s baseball team, which included eight athletes from the Eastman region was just as dominant on the ball diamonds, scoring two double-digit margin wins in pool play against Alberta and Eastern Door and North, earning a direct berth into the semi-finals where they defeated Team Ontario 10-0. In the final, it was another easy victory as Manitoba defeated Wisconsin 11-0 to pick up the gold.

Brett Lucko, Cedric Lagasse, Chris Tetreault, Cody Gunderson, Eric Cote, Logan Dearborn, Mason Hooper and Michael Lindsay were all members of the winning team.

In other team sports, Manitoba also found the podium. The 16U softball team, featuring St Pierre’s Chloe Carriere notched a gold medal of their own, and St Adolphe’s Taylor Audette won with the 19U team.

Another team filled with Eastman athletes was the 16U Male volleyball team, which also earned a gold medal. That team included Colin Vermette, Logan Barnabe, Cedric Saurette and Tristan Cousineau.

The 19U male team, featuring Payton Leflar, Andre Turenne and Maxime Vermette placed second, winning the silver medal.

The other place Eastman athletes found success was on the Badminton court, with Evan and Kendra Hancock combining for four medals, including Evan’s gold in the 19U men’s doubles.

Many events at the games were forced to be cancelled after historic rainfall and flooding in Nova Scotia, including the closing ceremonies. Several bronze medal games were cancelled, with both teams scheduled to play for bronze being awarded medals.