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With over $100,000 available in prizes the Wawota Lions welcomed 148 farmers and ranchers to their 19th Annual Golf Tournament on Friday, July 12.

The Estevan Bruins dropped a bit of a bombshell on Friday, trading star defenceman Tyler Kauk to the Flin Flon Bombers for 17-year-old defenceman Connor Vermeulen. Kauk, who will turn 20 in September, has been the Bruins' No.

A familiar face will be back when the Estevan Bruins open training camp in September. The team re-acquired Ben Johnstone from the Nipawin Hawks on Wednesday for future considerations.

The Estevan Golden Eels had a busy weekend, winning a meet in Assiniboia on Saturday and taking second in another in Swift Current on Sunday.

Their first event of the year was a washout, and the second threatened to be wiped out by rain too, but the Estevan Drag Racing Association finally got its season underway on Sunday.

Len Williams talks with Brendon LaBatte, a Saskatchewan Roughrider whom Williams used to coach when LaBatte attended the Weyburn Comp.

Although it meant losing out on a home game, the Estevan Harris Oilfield Impact can say they made the league final in their first season.

Estevan Big Dogs star Rhett Handley capped off a dominant season in the Prairie Gold Lacrosse League with a prestigious honour last week.

It was a hectic week for the Southeast Legacy Twins, as the midget AAA baseball club played five games and had another postponed. After going 2-3 in last week's games, the Twins remain slightly under .500, with a record of 11-13.

After attending his second NHL development camp in as many years, Estevan's Brant Harris is preparing for his senior year with the Connecticut Huskies.