Local Sports

Melanie Brimner's dream of making Canada's favourite game accessible to her son has grown to include participants of all ages and physical abilities from throughout the province, as the Wawota Sledge Hockey Tournament entered its third year, held in

It was a successful week for White Bear First Nations youth who participated in the 2016 Saskatchewan First Nations Winter Games, which was hosted by Onion Lake Cree Nation between March 27 and April 1 at Lloydminster.

The Southeast Vipers Volleyball Club competed over the weekend, April 2-3, in Regina at the University of Regina for the third Sask Cup of the year. The girls had been unsuccessful in the prior Sask Cup and went into this one determined.

The Carlyle Cougars Comeback Season is official as the Big Six League approved the re-entrance of the team into the Big Six for the 2016-17 season at a league meeting on Tuesday, March 29.

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.