Local Sports

The usually heated Highway 39 rivalry seemed a bit one sided in the Saskatchewan Hockey Association (SHA) bantam A quarter-finals.

The Assiniboia Senior Rebels and the Mossbank Blades each grabbed the lead in the Notekeu League playoffs. After the February 17-18 weekend, both teams had a 3-1 lead in the best-of-seven playoff series.

The Weyburn Minor Ball Association recently announced that registration for the upcoming 2017 minor baseball and softball is now open online. Families are invited to visit weyburnminorball.ca to fill out the online registration form.

The 2018 SaskTel Tankard men’s provincial curling championships are nearly a year away, but the committee tasked with planning for the event is making strides in their preparation. A press conference was held on Feb.

The Estevan midget A Bruins are suckers for adversity. The Bruins fell 3-0 to the Yorkton Terriers at Affinity Place on Sunday in the first game of their two-game total-point Saskatchewan Hockey Association playoff.

The Carlyle PureChem Cougars were battling the Redvers Rockets in the first round of Big Six League Playoffs. They first met on Wednesday, Feb. 8, where the Rockets came out to a 7-1 lead. Heading into the second game on Tuesday, Feb.

Manor School’s elementary students participated in their annual Jump Rope for Heart afternoon on Friday, Feb. 17. The students raised $907.45 for the Heart and Stroke Foundation, while they also enjoyed an afternoon of jumping and games.

Nolan Berner, goaltender for the Southern Junior B Rebels, was presented with the South Division All Star Goaltender award from Mark Legare, the Prairie Junior Hockey League statistican/media relations.

Just over six months after the close of the 2016 Saskatchewan Summer Games, and the final results are in: Estevan has posted the largest economic impact of any Saskatchewan Games to date, generating in excess of $7 million dollars in direct and indir

The Yellow Grass Wheat Kings swept the quarterfinal round against the Carnduff Red Devils, to advance to the semifinals of the Bix Six Hockey League playoffs.