Local Sports

Estevan’s novice, peewee and midget lacrosse teams had victories in recent Queen City Minor Box Lacrosse League action. The novice Vipers went into Weyburn and emerged with a 3-2 victory over the Thrashers No.

The first tournament for the new Southside Slammers U16 female fastpitch team was a good one. The Slammers took second at the Regina Early Bird Tournament on May 13 and 14.

The Canadian Cowboys Association unveiled its summer rodeo schedule for its 2017 two qualifying tours sponsored by Peavey Mart.

The Weyburn Senior Beavers are excited to once again “Catch The Fever” at the baseball field during the 2017 season. Phil Curtis will be returning to the bench as head coach for the Weyburn Senior Beavers for his fifth consecutive year.

Estevan Comprehensive School (ECS) Elecs football team head coach Mark Schott was impressed with the speed and athleticism of the players who showed up for the club’s spring camp last week.

The Southeast Performance Pump Twins picked up a win and two losses in their first three home games of the season. The Twins won their home opener on May 10 in an 11-0 rout over the Regina White Sox at Tom Laing Field in Weyburn.

The 10th annual Coal Country Run was the biggest yet, as a total of 180 entrants competed in the event at Woodlawn Regional Park on Saturday.

Local lacrosse teams have been busy during the past week, thanks to home games on Saturday and road games for some of the teams in Weyburn.

The Saskota Baseball League is scheduled to open its 2017 season on Tuesday night with all 10 teams in action.

Many of southeast Saskatchewan’s top young badminton players were at the Midale Central School on Saturday for the South East District Athletics Association’s junior district west playdowns.