Local Sports

Yellow Grass homeboy and professional bull rider, Aaron Roy, was injured during a run at the Calgary Stampede on Thursday night when the bull he was riding stepped on his back.

The weekend approaches and on this side of the country it's the time when excitement brews as each day ends, yes; it's rodeo time.

Jack Tauren, age 7, launches strong from the podium at the Weyburn invitational swim meet on Saturday. Tauren was competing in the 25 meter backstroke event for boys aged 10 and under.

The Weyburn Silver Seals swim club held their annual meet on Saturday, July 6. Other swimmers participating were from Estevan, Regina, Oxbow, Melville, Moosomin, Swift Current, Assiniboia and Gravelbourg.

Brant Harris is set to attend an NHL team's development camp for the second straight year. Last summer, it was the Washington Capitals. This year, it's the San Jose Sharks.

On a rare outing at home, the Estevan Sherritt Coal Haulers put on a show on Sunday. In their final games of the regular season, the bantam club defeated the Moose Jaw Mallards 9-5 and 15-3 in a doubleheader at Cactus Park.

The Southeast Legacy Twins kept themselves in the hunt for one of the top spots in the Saskatchewan Premier Baseball League on July 3, earning a split in a doubleheader against the Regina Mets at Lynn Prime Park.

Beaver's catcher, Chris Manning, tags a Red Sox runner out as he approaches the home plate. The Beavers lost their game to the Red Sox, 3-0, but had numerous double plays which prevented the Regina team from scoring more runs.

Aaron Turnbull has racked up a lot of wins in his career, and his name appears a few times in the Estevan Motor Speedway record book. But what he did Monday night was a first.

The under 18 girls Red Devils team participated in the 2013 SSA Provincials in Moose Jaw on June 29 and 30. The team placed second overall in round robin play advancing to the gold medal game against the Yorkton United.