Local Sports

By Greg Nikkel The Weyburn Senior Beavers had a strong season in 2015, including five playoff games and a turn-around in their financial position, and heading into 2016 with a plan to continue in the same vein.

The 2016 Esso Cup teams are almost all finalized, as the host Southern Range Gold Wings and the community of Weyburn get ready for the national female midget tournament. The 2016 Esso Cup will be held at Crescent Point Place from April 17 to 23.

Estevan will welcome the best bantam-age ballplayers to town this July for the baseball tournament portion of the 2016 Saskatchewan Summer Games.

The 2016 Estevan Minor Box Lacrosse (EMBL) season promises to be one of change for the association and its players.

Local junior and senior lacrosse players will be playing for different cities in the Prairie Gold Lacrosse League (PGLL) this season. For the second straight year, the Estevan junior Big Dogs lacrosse team will not field a squad in the PGLL.

Marco Ricci was honoured by the Regina Thunder last month for his dedication to building the game of football in Estevan, but he would only accept the award if everyone else who helped bring the sport to the Energy City was also recognized.

The Southeast Performance Pump Services midget AAA Twins took the first step towards coming together as a successful ball club with three days of open tryouts during the past week.

Athletes from Estevan, Weyburn and Melville took over the lanes at Estevan Bowl on Saturday for the annual Special Olympics Estevan bowling tournament.

Estevan families can hit two birds with one stone at Woodlawn Park on May 14 by joining in the ninth-annual Coal Country Run. The Coal Country Run will once again act as a fundraiser for the Estevan 2016 Saskatchewan Summer Games.

Winning their first Big Six Hockey League title since 2005 was a thrill for the Wawota Flyers. The fact they did it at the expense of, arguably, the greatest dynasty in league history was a bonus.