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The Estevan Prairie Mud peewee A Bruins celebrated their third-straight tournament championship this past weekend.

The Estevan Westmoreland Coal peewee AA Bruins learned a tough lesson in their 6-4 loss to the Yorkton Canadian Western Bank Terriers at Affinity Place on Saturday.

The strides the Estevan TS&M bantam AA Bruins have made this season were on full display in their 4-2 loss to the Saskatoon Stallions at Affinity Place on Saturday, but the areas that still need work got a showcase as well.

Comp Eagles player Mary Sidloski makes a tight turn between two defenders from the Assiniboia Rockets on Friday, during a round-robin game in the senior girls basketball tournament at the Comp Eagle gym.

Red Wings centreman Cole Woodliffe, No. 22, tries to reach the puck but is held back by a Notre Dame defender, during a home game on Friday evening against the Notre Dame Hounds at Crescent Point Place.

The two-week holiday break is over for the eight teams that compete in the Big Six Hockey League with action set to resume this weekend.

The Estevan Prairie Mud peewee A Bruins captured their second-straight Winnipeg Jets Challenge Cup championship over the holidays. “There is something special emerging here with this team and with these kids,” said Bruins head coach Lloyd Sehn.

A sophomore forward and a rookie defenceman with the Estevan Power Dodge Bruins may have seemed to acquire a quick grasp of where each other are and what their next actions will be on the ice, but that knowledge was actually years in the making.

Estevan Power Dodge Bruins rookie forward Michael McChesney’s success this season resembles the welcome advances that have been made by the whole team.

The Weyburn Red Wings split their home-and-home year-end games, winning their game for the Tom Huston Classic on New Year’s Day 4-1, but losing in Estevan on Friday evening 4-2.