McCreesh to compete for Paralympic bronze Saturday

Two athletes with ties to northern BC came up short in their respective semifinal matches today (Thursday) and will compete for bronze on Saturday.

Smithers’ Jennifer McCreesh and the Canadian women’s sitting volleyball team fell 3-0 to China this afternoon.

China, who have only dropped one set all tournament, won set one 25-16, set two 25-22, and set three 25-18.

McCreesh and Canada will face Brazil, who lost 3-1 to the United States, in Saturday’s bronze medal match at 6:00 am.

You can find the results here.

Fort St John local and former UNBC Student Bo Hedges did not fair much better with the Canadian men’s wheelchair basketball team.

Despite leading 16-15 through one quarter, Canada was thumped by the United States 80-43 in their semifinal match.

Germany fell to Great Britain 71-43 in the other semifinal match, Canada will play them at 7:00 am on Saturday.

You can find the results here.

The Canadian women’s wheelchair basketball team has advanced to the Paralympic Games semifinals for the first time in 20 years.

Former UNBC Timberwolves basketball player, Kady Dandeneau, led Canada with 33 points and 13 rebounds in a 71-53 quarterfinal victory over Germany Wednesday.

“The curse is over. We’re finally onto a semifinal”

Kady Dandeneau leads Canada to victory with 33 points. Beaming after this win.

Special stuff for the Canadian women’s wheelchair basketball team. They haven’t been able to get back the quarterfinal for two decades — until now. pic.twitter.com/FWhj2JqFrv

— Devin Heroux (@Devin_Heroux) September 4, 2024

Canada will face the Netherlands tomorrow (12:30 PM) in the semis, and the medal games will be played on Sunday.

Results in women’s Wheelchair Basketball can be found here.

Prince George’s Joel Ewert and the Canadian wheelchair rugby team finished 6th place in their tournament, beating Germany 54-47 but narrowly losing to the United States 51-48 and Japan 50-46 in the round robin, then beating Denmark 56-46 for placement.