Local Sports

As they paced the floor and raptly stared at the TSN broadcast on their televisions, members of Estevan's football programs soon found that their cause, their effort, will be on display in the same space for others to see.

Welcome to the club, Estevan. Television sets across the country will be dialed into the Energy City on Aug. 25 as the community hosts a live broadcast of TSN's SportsCentre. The show will be hosted on the 1000 block of 4th St.

Wayne Brown and Don Dechief have faced off lots of times in the training room. This time, it was for a world gold medal in patterns.

You'd never know that Amanda Minchin hadn't been able to tee off at her home course all summer. The Estevan Woodlawn Golf Club assistant pro won her first provincial Zone PGA Championship last Wednesday in Swift Current.

The Beavers had a very busy week as they split seven games last week. All the teams in the Western Major Baseball League (WMBL) are currently on their final push before the playoffs, which start Saturday, July 30.

Weyburn Beavers Johnathan Rodriquez (No. 18) and Curtis Ford (No. 45) celebrate the runs they both scored while playing against the Saskatoon Yellow Jackets on Friday night.

The Estevan Golden Eels won their semifinal meet in Oxbow on Saturday and had 26 swimmers qualify for the provincials this weekend in Humboldt. Only 15 of them will be attending the meet due to the travel distance and other commitments.

One wrong move in the final laps of Friday's race in Mandan and Jay Noteboom would have lost his grip on this year's Dakota Classic Modified Tour title.

For a while, it looked like Tyson Turnbull was going to pick up his first win of the year in last Wednesday's modified feature at Estevan Motor Speedway.

Haulers lose to Weyburn in provincial semis The Estevan Sherritt Coal Haulers were one good inning away from reaching the final of the bantam AA provincials on Sunday in Weyburn.