Local Sports

The Carlyle PureChem Cougars took on the Redvers Rockets, Wednesday, Dec. 13. The away game was a close one for the Cougars, but they were unable to upset the Rockets who hold second place in league standings (information up-to-date as of Dec. 18).

Gi, no gi, it didn’t matter for Estevan jiu jitsu fighter Chase Foord. The 11-year-old Foord won the Sask Submission Series in Saskatoon in both gi and no gi after months of qualifications and training in Saskatoon a couple of weeks ago.

On the surface of it, Power Dodge Estevan’s Michael McChesney wouldn’t have been the first player one would suspect would be a invitee to the Canada West camp for the World Junior A Challenge last week.

A recent trip to Regina left the Estevan Power Tech Bear Cats just a little bit short of victory.

With just one week to go in the Big Six Hockey League season before a Christmas break, teams have started to pull away from the bottom two.

Several athletes from the Southeast have been chosen to play on the Sask Winter Games’ hockey teams in a couple of months.

The weekend went fairly well for the Westmoreland Bruins but the final period they played was probably their best.

The TS&M Estevan Bantam AA Bruins closed out the pre-Christmas schedule with a better result in their last game than in their second last game.

The Weyburn Richardson Pioneer Gold Wings dropped a 7-0 decision to the Notre Dame Hounds on Sunday evening, when they hosted their toque and mitten toss.

Most millionaires aren’t particularly known for being all that generous, but the Melville Millionaires and the Power Dodge Estevan Bruins handed each other 4-2 wins in each other’s buildings in their last games before the Christmas break.