Local Sports

The youngest members of the Estevan Golden Eels Swim Club got their feet wet – both figuratively and literally – in competitions this past week.

A rainy weekend in the southeast meant races had to be cancelled at the Estevan Motor Speedway. There was a special Kids Night and Pack The Track With Pink planned for the evening, but those may have to be rescheduled.

Both the Bantam Warriors and Midget Thunder teams took to the home court Monday at Affinity Place and knocked off Weyburn teams to make it to the second round of the playoffs.

Amanda Minchin's penchant for competing well in tournaments is starting to become well known. Minchin won the PGA Sask Lady Pro Am at Saskatoon's Greenbryre Golf Club earlier this month and was the only golf pro on the unique course.

After only a few years in the sport, members of the Estevan Coaler Rollers junior roller derby team are picking up new skills in a game they clearly enjoy.

An athlete and a pair of Estevan Sharks Water Polo Club coaches swam away with awards from the Saskatchewan Water Polo Association Awards recently.

The Weyburn Senior Beavers had a thrilling final inning 4-3 win over the Moose Jaw Miller Express during a Father’s Day home game on Sunday.

The Annual Round-Up Rodeo is being held in Kennedy on Sunday, June 25, at 1 p.m.

Estevan's Troy Leptich will be playing his home games in a bit of a different environment than he has for the last few years.

The Southside Slammers U16 girls fastpitch team not only pitches fast, they gel fast as well. They won an A-level tournament in Regina, only a couple of months after the team played their first game.