Local Sports

The Estevan Comprehensive School Elecs surprised just about everyone with a 25-7 victory over the Swift Current Colts Thursday in their season opener in the Moose Jaw High School Football League.

The Estevan Bruins suffered their first defeat of the pre-season with a 5-4 shootout loss at the hands of the Manitoba Junior Hockey League's Swan Valley Stampeders Friday night in Virden, Man. The neutral-site game was played in Virden's new arena.

Kyle Sargent, son of Dean and Shelley, was drafted by the Saskatoon Blue Jays this year to play in the 2011 Pee Wee Western Championships. The championships, held Aug 25.

The Estevan Bruins improved to 3-0 in SJHL pre-season action Wednesday night with a 2-1 victory over the Weyburn Red Wings at Crescent Point Place in Weyburn.

Coach for the Weyburn Bantam Raiders, Rob Ellis, shows the proper stance he wants the members of the offensive line to take when lining up against the defence, during a team practice held at Jubilee Park on Wednesday evening.

With the first training camp at Spectra Place in the books, the Estevan Bruins enter a slate of pre-season games with tough choices to make up front, on the blueline and in goal.

The Estevan Miners may have lost their third straight game on Saturday, but they had a reason to celebrate. The atom football squad scored its first touchdown of the season in a 47-6 loss to the Regina Kats.

The Estevan Steelers came tantalizingly close to their first victory of the season on Monday. Calder Clark and Kaleb Memory each scored a touchdown in the Steelers' Labour Day Classic, a 14-12 loss to the Regina Griffins.

With only two of 16 committed bull riders having shown up, organizers of the first annual Southern Prairie Bullnanza had a problem.

The Estevan Chargers became the first minor football squad in Estevan to win a game this season with a 50-42 victory over the Grenfell Argos on Saturday.