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Two Estevan daycares benefitted from Sunday's SJHL regular season finale between the Bruins and Red Wings, to the tune of almost $34,000.

Graham DeLaet competed at his fourth-straight Professional Golf Association tour event last week. DeLaet finished tied at 44th at the Northern Trust Open, earning $20,512.80.

In two days, the Estevan Bruins will kick off their playoff run against the Notre Dame Hounds. It's a series many expect the Bruins to win, after they finished 11 points ahead of the Hounds.

If there was any doubt that the Weyburn Eagles had the 77th annual McLeod Series firmly in hand, they squashed it on Thursday with two decisive victories in their home leg of the tournament.

With a huge crowd, a massive 50/50 draw, a new mascot and jersey auctions between periods, it was easy to forget there were actually two points at stake.

Saskatchewan's dynamic oil patch continues to attract interest and investors, as shown by the results from the first sale of Crown petroleum and natural gas rights for 2012. February's sale generated $28.7 million in revenue for the province.

This past weekend the novice cougars hosted 8 teams for their tournament, they started the weekend out strong playing Montmarte first thing Saturday morning.

Months, weeks, days and hours of preparation at the Carlyle Curling Club had been finalized and the Southern Senior Men's Playdowns, February 9 - 12, 2012, were ready to begin.

It's always a priority to win the SJHL survivor series as quickly as possible, but it will be even more important for the Estevan Bruins given the schedule for their series against the Notre Dame Hounds.