Local Sports

While the bulk of the board will remain the same, there will be a couple of new directors on the Estevan Motor Speedway board this year.

There will be a lot of southeast Saskatchewan representation at the World Junior A Hockey Challenge next month in Bonnyville, Alta.

The Estevan Apex midget AA Bruins picked up five of a possible six points during a three-game homestand on the weekend. The Bruins (8-5-1) opened the weekend with a 4-2 victory over the Weyburn Wings on Friday night.

Six members of the Estevan Sharks travelled to Toronto with U14 Team Sask to compete in the Paul Taylor Memorial Tournament.

Fourteen athletes from the Estevan Mermaids synchronized swim club and their coaches, Shannon Wanner and Susan Swirski, attended the Marnie Eistetter Figure Meet in Humboldt on the weekend.

The South East GoldWings midget AA female hockey team, which boasts players from Estevan, Weyburn and other southeast Saskatchewan communities, went 2-2 at Hayley Wickenheiser’s female world hockey festival in Calgary on the weekend.

The Estevan TS&M bantam AA Bruins won their fifth straight game Friday night with a 4-2 victory over the Notre Dame Hounds. Notre Dame jumped on the Bruins early with a power play goal by Jack Hillier 2:09 into the first period.

The South East GoldWings midget AA female hockey team split their first two games at Hayley Wickenheiser’s Wickfest Female World Hockey Festival.