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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.

For some of these players, it was only a few years ago they would have played in the Gerry Aspen Cup for the old Estevan Bruins’ black and gold game but on New Year’s Day, they skated up for black and gold teams as Bruins’ alumni.

The second half of 2017 saw some interesting developments and a lot of interesting events that took place within Estevan and area.

The Weyburn Red Wings hosted the Tom Huston Classic home game on Saturday, the opening of their annual New Year’s home-and-home series with the Estevan Bruins, and the Highway 39 rivals won both games by scores of 5-1 and 5-2.

The Power Dodge Estevan Bruins came out of the Christmas break looking to re-take control of their division, and they did just that in a pair of wins against Weyburn.

The Power Dodge Estevan Bruins broke out of the Christmas break with a 5-1 win over the Weyburn Red Wings.

The Arcola/Kisbey Combines are on the board with their first win of the Big Six Hockey League season just a few days before Christmas. The Combines (1-11-0) defeated the Carlyle Cougars (1-13-1) 5-3 on home ice Friday, Dec.

The Westmoreland Bruins broke a lengthy slump with a huge 4-3 win over the visiting first place Weyburn Wings just a few days before Christmas. The Bruins (3-12-0) won 4-3 in South Saskatchewan Minor Hockey League action Thursday at Affinity Place.