Local Sports

Thank you to the Carlyle Elementary School for hosting the Elementary and High School Remembrance Day Service this year. Through song, art work, and tribute, the students were reminded of the important meaning of this special day. “Lest We Forget.

Two Weyburnite athletes have been nominated to the CFL West Division All-Star Team. Centre Brett Jones of the Calgary Stampeders and Guard Brendon LaBatte of the Saskatchewan Roughriders were both given the nod to the team.

Thank you to community sponsors who purchased new sets of jerseys for the Sr. Boys' Volleyball Team and the Sr. Girls' Volleyball Team.

It's the start to a new hockey season and the atoms start it off right with a strong first game this past weekend.

Wawota hosted 1A girls volleyball conferences on Saturday, Nov. 8. With Wawota, Whitewood, Kahkewistahaw, Manor, Broadview, and Kakisiwew competing. The teams began playing at 10 a.m.

If you enjoy curling and don't want to put stress on your body, try 2 Person Stick Curling. You are invited to a Curling Clinic to learn to use the curling stick.

Brendon LaBatte and the Riders will enter the playoffs on a positive note, following a 24-17 win over the Eskimos on Saturday. The result sets up a rematch in the western semi-final between the two teams, in Edmonton on Sunday, Nov. 16.

Members of the Weyburn Motocross Association celebrate their accomplishments during an awards ceremony on Oct. 29. The riders had a successful year competing in circuits across Saskatchewan and North Dakota, winning many awards.

For a small Prairie city, it's quite something to host two major sporting events just months apart. That is the challenge facing Estevan after the Bruins last week secured the right to host the Western Canada Cup in 2016.

For the second straight year, the Estevan Apex Bruins missed the playoffs at the annual Kelly Dmyterko Memorial Tournament in Prince Albert. The midget AA club posted a 1-2 record, losing their final game in double overtime to eliminate them.