Local Sports

A number of local softball clubs are preparing for provincial competition, beginning this weekend.

Pitcher Lyndon Lumb fires the ball to first baseman Dan Watson, forcing the Regina Pacer player to get his foot back on the bag or be tagged out, during a league game for the Weyburn Midget Beavers on Thursday evening at Tom Laing Park.

Five athletes from southeast Saskatchewan, three of them from Estevan, are preparing to go to Scotland next month for the Global Taekwon-Do Federation world championship.

Long-time physical education teacher and coach Wanda Pegg will be leaving the Weyburn Comprehensive School (WCS) after nearly 30 years this fall. Pegg began at the Comp in 1982 and will be retiring at the end of the school year.

Scott Benning is a name synonymous with soccer in Weyburn. Scott is a soccer coach, referee, technical director, website updater and a proud soccer dad.

The Weyburn Golf Club is accepting entries into the fourth annual Legacy Golf Tournament. This year's edition of the Legacy will be held on Saturday, July 16.

Team Carlyle 2 won their final game against Lampman at the league finals on June 19 at Lions Park in Carlyle. The team had an awesome year and is planning a fun windup with a game against the parents topped off with a barbecue.

Faced with the decision of playing Division 3 hockey in the United States or at a Canadian college near his hometown, Jonathan Ceci took the no-brainer.

Shortly after the Boston Bruins ended a long drought on Wednesday night, the same thing was happening at Estevan Motor Speedway.

The Town of Bienfait is asking the owners of dirt bikes and four-wheel all terrain vehicles to refrain from riding on the town's pastureland behind the landfill.