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The Estevan Motor Speedway is going to use pay per view to have its season-opening program of 2020. The season opener is billed as the Lockdown Showdown, and will happen Saturday at 7 p.m.

Hockey fans will enjoy Jerry Hack’s 230-page self-published book, Memoir of a Hockey Nobody, especially for the protagonist’s depreciative sense of humour and candour.

The Estevan Bruins didn’t have to look far to make their first selection in the 2020 Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League (SJHL) Bantam Draft. Forward Carson Birnie of Arcola was chosen in the first round, seventh overall, in Friday’s draft.

Hockey Canada has offered more insight into getting their sanctioned leagues back on the ice for the 2020-21 season.

Encompass Fitness in Estevan has found a new way to encourage businesses to be fit and to raise funds for a worthy cause this year. The fundraiser, Charitable Community Workplace Challenge, is a four-week initiative that starts June 15.

The Estevan Bruins have announced the commitment of another top recruit.

Don’t tell Layne Wolos, Dustin Wilson, Marcus Friess and Jeff Pratt there’s nothing to talk about in the sports world during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The COVID-19 pandemic has yet to derail the City of Estevan’s plans to host the 2022 Centennial Cup national junior A championship.

The Estevan Youth Soccer Association has announced a delay to the start of its season, but they still hope to have a season. In a post on its Facebook page, the association said there wouldn’t be a spring soccer season this year.

Weyburn Minor Football received a major boost of support on Monday, as the Calgary-based pipeline company Kingston Midstream donated $35,000 through the company’s Richardson Foundation.