Local Sports

The Western Hockey League held its draft of Bantam-age players last week. Matthew Ronn, Captain of the AA Bantam Terriers was watching the proceedings online, congratulating players he knew as they were drafted.

After a slow winter for many local ice fishing enthusiasts, Natalia Prokopetz and David Rathgeber reported an “awesome last week of the season” as they wrapped up the season in fine style by catching 40-inch and 35-inch northern pikes on Good Spirit

A young man whose mother was raised in the Kamsack area, and whose grandparents live just south of Kamsack, is having much being written about him.

Last week I started my top-10 list for sports happenings over my lifetime, or about the last 50-years, with an eye to the good news ones, since we have enough negativity these days without remembering the 13th man debacle.

The semifinals continue on in The Reminder's SJHL playoff simulation, with both Flin Flon and La Ronge aiming to tie up their own series.

Yorkton’s Don Kunkel has been elected president of Golf Saskatchewan for 2020.

Two games are done in The Reminder's SJHL playoff simulation. While Battlefords and La Ronge are battling it out, the Bombers seem to be having trouble with a hot goalie.

Chris Lewgood says he wasn’t surprised that he was dismissed by the Estevan Bruins last week. The club announced on April 15 that Lewgood had been “relieved of his duties” after serving as the head coach and general manager since 2013.

As teams start preparing for the 2020-21 season in the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League, recruiters are facing new territory in how to find players and to evaluate their talent.

The first night of The Reminder’s SJHL playoff simulation went to the underdogs. Flin Flon and Melfort squared off at a virtual Whitney Forum Saturday night, while the La Ronge Ice Wolves did the same against the Battlefords North Stars.