Local Sports

In Big Six action, last year’s champions are still in the running as they took out the Redvers Rockets in a series three games to one, while Yellow Grass has beaten Bienfait and are headed into the final round of playoffs.

The Notekeu League championship final between the Assiniboia Rebels and the Mossbank Blades got underway on March 3 and 4 with both teams coming away with a win. In game one, Mossbank won 4-3 at the Assiniboia Civic Centre on March 3.

The Weyburn Red Wings finished the regular season in eighth place overall, which means they will have home ice advantage in the Wild Card series. They will face up against the Kindersley Klippers, who finished ninth.

The Power Dodge Estevan Bruins have finally swept a home-and-home with the Weyburn Red Wings. The Bruins defeated the Red Wings 3-2 on Friday night at Affinity Place, and then edged the Red Wings 4-3 in overtime the following night.

The Estevan Westmoreland Coal peewee AA Bruins are off to the league final for the first time since 2009.

The Estevan PowerTech midget AA Panthers won the opening game of both their league and provincial semi-final series.

The Estevan Blue Sky Air atom Tier 1 Bruins saw their season come to an end on Friday night in a 6-2 loss to the Weyburn Wings at the Civic Auditorium. The game was scoreless until Conner Kerr scored with 87 seconds to play in the opening period.

The Estevan peewee A Vipers have struck first in their South Saskatchewan Female Hockey League (SSFHL) semifinal series. The Vipers defeated the host Swift Current Fire Cats 3-1 on Sunday in Game 1 of the best-of-three series.

The Estevan Comprehensive School (ECS) Elecs not only took top spot at their annual Shoot for a Cure basketball tournament, but they raised thousands of dollars for a local family’s fight against cancer.

Five members of the Wylie-Mitchell Air Cadets Squadron and members from the Estevan Army Cadets Corps took part in the zone marksmanship competition on Feb. 15 in Regina.