Local Sports

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.

The Estevan Curling Club will be welcoming 2010 Olympic gold medallist Kevin Martin to the Energy City next month. Martin is appearing as a guest speaker at the club’s Jan.

A flukey goal late in the third period cost the CanElson Drilling Estevan Bruins a proverbial four points in the Viterra Division standings on Saturday at Weyburn’s Crescent Point Place.

The CanElson Drilling Estevan Bruins want a big crowd to come to their game tonight against the Melville Millionaires at Affinity Place to help them support injured hockey player Braden Pettinger.

The Estevan Comprehensive School Elecs junior girls basketball team kicked off their season with a back-and-forth 36-31 silver medal game loss to the Radville Rebels at the Elecs Invitational Basketball Tournament at the school on Saturday.