Local Sports

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.

After a year with no snow in 2016, a total of 522 riders were ready to enjoy the 24 th annual Arcola Optimist Snowmobile Rally. The event was held on Saturday, Jan. 28, where snowmobile enthusiasts came together to enjoy the trails of the southeast.

Arcola School recently hosted Curling Canada's “Rocks & Rings.” This uniquely Canadian program has introduced over one million students to the game of curling-and on Wednesday, Jan.

Team Canada has a solid undefeated record, as they head into the semi-finals of the women’s hockey tournament being played at the 2017 Winter Universiade in Almaty, Kazakhstan.

The Weyburn Red Wings won 6-3 over the Melfort Mustangs, in a home game on Friday. The Red Wings are now second place in the Viterra division of the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League.