Local Sports

Graham DeLaet will head into the second round of the PGA Tour playoffs, the Deutsche Bank Championship, this week.

Pitcher Adam Wilson throws in a strike pitch to a batter from the Moose Jaw Padres, during a playoff game between the Weyburn Iron Pigs and the Moose Jaw Padres on Wednesday evening at Tom Laing Park.

It was a beautiful morning for the Weyburn Opportunity Road Race which took place on August 17. A total of 86 racers were registered for the run/walk event, travelling to Weyburn from all corners of Saskatchewan as well as Ontario.

Carlyle is now home to a national champion as Adam Swanson, 19, captured the top title at the CBBF Canadian Bodybuilding Federation National (CBBF) Junior Men's Bodybuilding qualifier in Winnipeg on August 9.

The Provincial 55 Plus Saskatchewan Senior Fitness Association games were held in Humboldt on July 8-10. In the Short Story category, local participant Jean Fahlman was presented the gold medal.

The Weyburn Red Wings are beginning their training camp on the long weekend and are in need of billets. "We need five permanent billets by the long weekend," said Val Tribiger, billet organizer for the team. Two of these boys need pet free homes.

To say the Estevan Century 21 Chargers were shorthanded on Saturday would be an understatement. The peewee football team took the field for their season opener with only 13 players, and lost to 38-0 the Grenfell Argos. "The kids played amazing.

Brendon LaBatte and the Saskatchewan Roughriders are now third place in the west division of the Canadian Football League, after defeating the Montreal Alouettes 16-11 on Saturday.

With two points races left in the Estevan Motor Speedway season, there is a lot yet to be decided. The season championships in all four race classes are still up for grabs, and it's anyone's guess how they will play out.

The Estevan Sherritt Coal Miners atom football team kicked off their regular season on Saturday with a 28-0 loss to the Regina Bears in the provincial capital.