Local Sports

The Estevan Bruins were busy on the trade front last week, shipping away one of their top players and re-acquiring a familiar face in a separate deal.

Yorkton competitor Matt Switzer aims his lasso towards a steer, during the tie-down roping event at the Weyburn Rodeo. The rodeo was held on Saturday and Sunday at the Weyburn Exhibition Grounds, hosted by the Weyburn Agricultural Society.

It was a home game away from home for the Weyburn Beavers, but that didn't seem to bother the Western Major Baseball League club on Monday, as they defeated the Yorkton Cardinals 5-3 at Lynn Prime Park.

The track had fallen victim to two massive storms in the previous week, and for awhile it was in question whether Saturday's program would go ahead at Estevan Motor Speedway.

Stormy weather didn't prevent the Legacy Golf Tournament from raising funds to help pay off the debt at the Weyburn Golf Course. "We had huge success for the tournament, even though golfers were only able to play nine holes because of the weather.

Away from the confines of home, the Estevan Sherritt Coal Haulers failed to defend last year's provincial bantam AA title on the weekend, falling short of the playoffs in North Battleford.

Phil Curtis, the head coach for the Weyburn Beavers, catches pitches thrown to him from local youth, during a Beavers baseball summer camp.

Beavers players Dusty Kerns, left, and Dalton Silva work with three minor ball players, Tiki Zeus Umbach, Brett Bowler and Jayke Smolinski, during the Beavers ball camp on Wednesday morning at Tom Laing Field.

The South East Saskatchewan Roller Derby League will be hosting the Mid Summer Slam on July 27 at 7:00 p.m. The local area derby team, Hillbilly Hurt, will be taking on the Headstone Honeys from Portage La Prairie, MB.

Fore! The Carlyle Fire Department has organized its second annual Raise the Roof Golf Tournament as a means to fundraise for the non-profit organization in order to help pay for the services they provide to the community.