Local Sports

The Estevan Bruins have engineered a shakeup between the pipes. On Wednesday night, the club dealt 19-year-old starting goalie Brett Lewchuk to the Fort McMurray Oil Barons (AJHL) for future considerations.

Both the male and female Tokarz junior curling teams have earned the right to compete in the Saskatchewan Junior Men's and Women's Curling Championship. The provincial tournament is being held in Humboldt from January 1-5, 2015.

The Ministry of Parks, Culture and Sport is inviting cities to submit bids to host the 2019 Western Canada Summer Games. The Games' host will see a $1.5 million investment by the provincial government in support of bringing the games to Saskatchewan.

Kirk’s novice cougars travelled to Whitewood for a tournament on the weekend. Three games were played. First was a team from Whitewood. It was a very close game with Whitewood coming out as the victors by one goal. Next a team from Yorkton.

The Carlyle Cougars senior girls volleyball team hosted Regionals on Saturday, Nov. 15. Though the Cougars were unable to move onto provincials they put up a good fight and celebrated having a good season.

Weyburn Junior High student Natalie Hastings slides out of the hack to make a shot, as she practises her delivery during the school's weekly curling club, held after school every Wednesday at the Weyburn Curling Rink.

Brendon LaBatte and the Saskatchewan Roughriders lost their chance to face Calgary in the western final, after losing 18-10 to the Edmonton Eskimos in the western semifinal on Sunday.

Two season-long struggles reared their head again for the CanElson Drilling Estevan Bruins, as their lack of finish and shutdown play in their own end were major factors in a pair of weekend road losses.

The Estevan Bruins have traded their leading scorer in a deal completed late Monday night. The club has sent 19-year-old left winger Darcy DeRoose to the Kindersley Klippers for future considerations.

Martial artists from across Saskatchewan were showing off their skills on Saturday, as the Estevan Taekwon-do Club hosted their annual open invitational tournament. The event saw 134 competitors from 10 clubs throughout the province take part.