Dairy Farmers of Manitoba Athlete of the Week

The Rural High School Athlete of the Week is Slade Bartley of the Killarney Raiders hockey team.

Assistant Captain for the Raiders, he helped his team gain home ice advantage for the play-offs by recording a hat trick and assisting on the game winning goal in the final game of the regular season.  In 22 regular season games he had 16 goals, 18 assists for 34 points.  Athletic Director Kendall Campbell-Jonsson states, "Slade is a fourth-year player for the hockey team and has been an Assistant Captain for the past two seasons. Slade kills penalties, plays on the powerplay and moves back to the point when needed."

In grade 12, he maintains an academic average of 80%.