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Around 50 midget-aged girls converged on Crescent Point Place for the spring camp held by the Richardson Pioneer Weyburn Gold Wings, the U18 AAA girls team. There are about seven returning veterans who will be back, and coach Chandy Kaip said there have been four new players signed, with more signings expected soon, with good talent seen at the weekend camp.

Three ECS athletes advance to provincials; Spruce Ridge tandem wins junior boys' districts.

Sixty-seven cars were entered between the track's five classes.

The soccer pitches at Weyburn's Jubilee Park are busy places four nights a week, as the spring season of soccer was fully underway this week. Girls teams are on the field Mondays and Wednesdays, while boys teams play on Tuesday and Thursday evenings. The Little Kicks program for preschoolers, and U5 teams, play indoors in the Credit Union Spark Centre.

The Weyburn Beavers are slated to open their season with a home game on Thursday, May 25 at Tom Laing Park, with the Regina Red Sox.

McKnight said the road to the gold was a rather bumpy one.

The Regina Avana Rebels AAA U18 girls, including two Weyburn players, came home with the bronze medal from the Esso Cup

A couple of archers brought home medals from provincials.

Three ECS athletes move onto regionals.