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The Weyburn Comp Eagles senior girls basketball team had a strong showing at their home tournament to start the new year, and fell just short of winning the tournament championship in the final game versus Notre Dame on Saturday evening.

TS&M Woodlawn Golf Club head professional Amanda Minchin will be handling both her own duties and that of general manager for the 2018 season.

\The Power Dodge Estevan Bruins lost a pair of games on the weekend, and will likely lose the services of their captain for a few games as well.

The Estevan Apex Bruins came out of the Christmas break in much the same way as they went into it – winning big against some of the best of their league.

Estevan’s Kristy Johnson was able to help the Candace Chisholm rink from Carlyle to a three game winning streak during the provincial Scotties tournament at Melfort last week, but they weren’t able to pull off enough wins to get to the playoffs.

The Power Dodge Estevan Bruins lost a pair of games on the weekend, and will likely lose the services of their captain for a few games as well.

The Big Six Men’s Hockey League is set to resume on Saturday, Dec. 6, for the Carlyle PureChem Cougars with action at home versus the Oxbow Huskies. Puck drops at 8 p.m.

TS&M Woodlawn Golf Club head professional Amanda Minchin will be handling both her own duties and that of general manager for the 2018 season, the club announced to members Friday.

If curling was racing, planning for the 2018 SaskTel Tankard would be headed into the stretch drive. Tankard will be taking place at Affinity Place Jan. 31-Feb. 4, dates that are now a lot closer since the calendar flipped from 2017 to this year.

The University of Calgary Dinos didn’t have to make too much of a stretch to select former Estevan Comprehensive School basketball standout Carter Kuchinka to their roster, starting in the 2018-19 USports season.