Local Sports

Sixteen-year-old Nathen Schmidt of Carlyle was named Saskatchewan's top wrestler in his weight class at the Saskatchewan High Schools Athletic Association's (SHSAA) annual championship held March 11 and 12 in Saskatoon-in his first year wrestling.

Action continues in the Big Six Hockey championship round with Bienfait and Wawota facing off against each other. The first game of the series was in Wawota on Wednesday, March 9, which saw Wawota earn the win in overtime with a score of 3-2.

The Red Wings had a very intense start to their quarter final playoffs against the Flin Flon Bombers, starting the best-of-seven series with two home games over the weekend.

Team Duce Electric beat the Smoken Rocks 9-3 in six ends to capture the 57th annual Oilfield Technical Society (OTS) Bonspiel A event at the Power Dodge Curling Centre on Saturday, which closes out the 2015-16 curling season in Estevan.

A little adversity is nothing new for the CanElson Drilling Estevan Bruins this season and the confidence gained from these past unfavourable situations is something they’ll be relying on heading into Game 3 against the Nipawin Hawks.

The Estevan Tarpon Energy peewee Storm won the South East Minor Hockey League (SEMHL) title with a 3-2 double-overtime victory over the Estevan Tower Wolves at the Civic Auditorium on Sunday.

Ten members of the Estevan Sharks water polo team were asked to join Team Saskatchewan at the Alberta Open in Calgary from March 17 to 20.

Two Estevan Strippers hockey teams travelled to Grand Forks, North Dakota, earlier this month for game-action at the 70-team Baron’s Spectacular Hockey Tournament.

After the first game of the Saskatchewan Hockey Association (SHA) two-game total-point provincial final series, the Estevan Power Dodge peewee A Vipers find themselves in the same situation they were in last year and are counting on a similar result.

Two quick goals in the opening 10 minutes put the Estevan PowerTech midget AA Panthers on their heels at the Civic Auditorium on Friday.