Local Sports

The CanElson Drilling Estevan Bruins head into their home-and-home series with the rival Weyburn Red Wings this week hungry and well rested, but a few key players will have to begin the New Year in the press box.

After a two-week Christmas break, the Estevan PowerTech midget AA Panthers will be back on the ice at Affinity Place this weekend attempting to keep their winning streak alive against the Regina Capitals.

Estevan’s Kristy Johnson will be making her ninth trip to the Scotties Tournament of Hearts Provincials this January.

Cole Fonstad scored his first Saskatchewan Junior A Hockey League goal in the CanElson Drilling Estevan Bruins 6-3 win over the Melville Millionaires at Affinity Place last Wednesday.

Hockey, the great Canadian pastime, is being enjoyed by many in the area this year with the Big Six League delivering action packed games.

Written by Bailee Bourassa of the Southern Range Gold Wings

Two more Weyburn athletes will be continuing their football careers at the university level, after Adair Borys and Scott Jones from the Weyburn Comp Eagles signed a CIS Letter of Intent with the University of Regina Rams.

Every skater on the Estevan Senchuk Ford atom Mustangs was awarded the hardest working player hardhat after their 5-3 win over the Swift Current Broncos at the Civic Auditorium on Sunday.

Estevan Power Dodge bantam A Chargers’ forwards Ireland Biette and Marci LeBlanc tallied four points each and Brittney Klassen scored three of her own in the club’s 8-2 win over the Wood River Ice Cats at the Civic Auditorium on Saturday.

The Estevan bantam B Knights of Columbus Knights captured the A-side championship at their home tournament on the weekend, while the Estevan midget B Tower Wolves claimed the B-side title in theirs.