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Sports wrap-up with Bruce Penton

The Stoughton Curling Club hosted the 2011-2012 junior men's curling championship from Jan 5-9th. A total of 12 teams competed and congratulations is extended to the winning team skipped by Brady Sharback from the Saskatoon Granite Curling Club.

Taylor Yurkiw sends up a shot during basketball practice at Assiniboia Park School on Jan. 10.

After going oh-fer on a three-game weekend road trip, the CanElson Drilling Estevan Bruins are now in a tight spot when it comes to earning a top-three playoff spot in the Sherwood Conference. The Bruins (21-22-0-1) dipped below .

The Estevan Bruins have made a change in the crease. The team signed Warren, Mich., native Tyler Ross last week and parted ways with 19-year-old goalie Derek Tendler on Monday.

The Estevan TS&M Bruins had one of their best weekends in a while in bantam AA play, picking up one win and coming close to grabbing another.

I caught up with Keith Cassidy earlier today to talk about the Bruins' transactions yesterday. A couple of tidbits: -Tyler Spencer changed his mind last night and will not join the team for the rest of the year.

After battling tooth and nail to get to the final, one rink had lots left in the tank and the other had none.