Local Sports

The help of teammates, coaches, friends and family ensured this season would not be a lost one for a former Estevan Comprehensive School (ECS) Elecs captain.

The Estevan Junior Coaler Rollers got back in action this week with a goal of making their fourth roller derby season a smashing success. “We are definitely stronger and stronger every year,” said Coaler Rollers coach Lorelei Lachambre.

Too much time spent in the defensive zone, too many shots against and a number of tough penalty calls led the Estevan TS&M bantam AA Bruins to a 6-3 loss against the West Central Wheat Kings at Affinity Place on Saturday.

The bounces didn’t roll the Estevan Westmoreland peewee AA Bruins way in their 6-3 loss to the Swift Current Southwest Terminal Broncos at the Civic Auditorium on Saturday. “We played a complete game,” said Bruins head coach Aren Miller.

Thoughts of the area’s youth turn to summer’s annual pastime this week. Estevan Minor Baseball hosted its first free spring clinic for bantam and midget aged players from 7 to 8 p.m. at the Estevan Leisure Centre’s multipurpose room on Tuesday.

Alexis Larson and Team Canada won silver at the 2017 Winter Universiade. They lost 4-1 to Team Russia in the gold medal game on Monday. Alexis Larson is a former Weyburn athlete, who now plays for the University of Regina Cougars.

The most important weekend of the Big Six Hockey League's 2016-17 season is here. Second to fourth place and a number of playoff seeds will be on the line this Friday and Saturday when the Big Six Hockey League wraps up its regular season.

The Estevan Power Tech midget AA Panthers are at a crossroads and it’s up to the players to decide which path they want to travel.

Regina will play host to the world’s best curlers this fall as Sportsnet brings the Tour Challenge — the first event of the 2017-18 Pinty’s Grand Slam of Curling season — to town from September 5 to 10.

The Carlyle PureChem Cougars may be a young team, but they are fast and aggressive when it comes to taking the ice. This past week the Cougars met Bienfait on Tuesday, Jan. 24, and took on Redvers Saturday, Jan. 28.