Local Sports

There will be a distinctively green flavour to the Tim Hortons Brier in approximately 17 months. The 2018 Tim Hortons Brier, a Canadian men’s curling championship will be staged at the Brandt Centre in Regina from March 3-11.

The Yellow Grass Wheat Kings started their inaugural season in the Big Six Hockey League on Tuesday night. The Wheat Kings were formed after the discontinuation of the Arcola/Kisbey team.

The Estevan Taekwon-Do Association welcomed over 100 athletes from a variety of martial arts disciplines to its annual invitational tournament at Estevan Comprehensive School on Saturday.

Riley Raynard was a recurrent face in front of the crowd, accepting recognition for two awards at the 17th annual Estevan Motor Speedway Awards Banquet, Dinner and Auction.

Estevan Power Dodge Bruins left wing Isaac Embree has pledged to donate $5 from every goal and assist he gets this month to help knock out prostate cancer.

The bounces didn't go the Estevan Power Dodge Bruins way in their 6-0 loss to the Kindersley Klippers at Affinity Place on Saturday, but that wasn't the only reason for the lopsided loss.

The A-side and B-side finals of the Estevan Blue Sky Air atom AA Bruins home tournament at Affinity Place on Sunday featured a hockey turning point for each of its two champions.

The top junior curlers in Saskatchewan took over the Estevan Power Dodge Curling Centre on the weekend. Fifteen teams from across the province travelled to the Energy City for the Friday-to-Sunday CurlSask Junior Men’s Qualifying Bonspiel.

The top-ranked independent welterweight contender in British Columbia female amateur boxing has roots in Estevan, recently defeated a Vancouver Island hometown favourite and has plans on conquering the ring in Ireland next.

Longtime Estevan Minor Baseball (EMB) supporter Kent Phillips was honoured last month by Baseball Saskatchewan for his work over the past 18 years at making sure all young ballplayers in the Energy City have a chance to enjoy some time on the field.