Local Sports

Playing a game of Twenty-One with Monique Ley is a little bit different than at Las Vegas. Ley ripped away 21 straight strikes a couple of weeks ago at Estevan Bowl, her longest such streak ever, while setting a lane record at the bowling alley.

Recent results have Estevan Gymnastics Club members excited for the future. On Feb. 10-11, the club members went to the Marian Classic Invitational in Saskatoon where the athletes competed well.

Estevan’s Alex Von Sprecken is one of the youngest players to ever lace up the skates with the Power Dodge Estevan Bruins.

The first round is over and the semifinalists are now known in the Big Six Hockey League’s playoffs. The first team to win their series were the second-ranked Redvers Rockets, who swept the seventh place Oxbow Huskies in two straight.

Three teams from White Bear First Nations were entered in competition in Prince Albert at the FSIN Youth Volleyball Championships including U18, U14, and U12 teams.

The Estevan Power Tech midget AA Bear Cats made their first round disappear with a pair of wins over the Parkland Lions last week.

Saskatchewan Hockey Association provincial playoffs are underway for most of Estevan’s teams, with the Estevan Midget A Bruins already in the middle of the second round. The Bruins will play Monday at 8 p.m.

After a trying season, the Estevan TS&M Bruins’ season ended with a two-game sweep at the hands of the Weyburn Wings in Saskatchewan Bantam AA Hockey League action last week.

The Carlyle PureChem Cougars clenched the eighth playoff spot in the Big Six League and were up against the first place team, the Carnduff Red Devils.

Three former sporting greats shared stories from their varied experiences in the world of professional sport, and passed on words of advice for the crowd, and for the players on the Weyburn Red Wings, at the Red Wings annual Sports Dinner.