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The Okotoks Dawgs are in for a busy weekend, with three games on tap.

They’ll kick things off Friday, June 13, at 7:05 p.m. with a grudge match against the Mavericks in Medicine Hat.

The two teams last met in the Dawgs’ season opener on May 28, where Okotoks lost 12–11.

The Dawgs return home Saturday and Sunday to host the Energy City Cactus Rats.

Just two more games left on the junior Prairie Gold Lacrosse League regular season schedule for the Swift Current Wolverines.

The Swift Current 57's and Moose Jaw Miller Express start four straight games against each other in WCBL action tonight.

The Strathmore REDS minor baseball teams are hosting two tournaments in town over the weekend.

The 13U AA league tournament will be taking place on Saturday (June 15) and Sunday at the Hillview ball diamonds.

On the other side of town, the 18U AA tournament takes place on the same days at the Kinsmen Park ball diamond.

It was a case of good news and bad news regarding the Saskatchewan Roughriders injury situation following Week 1 of the 2025 Canadian Football League (CFL) season. 

The Roughriders (1-0) head to Hamilton (0-1) for a matchup against the Tiger-Cats on Saturday.  

After a 31-26 win over Ottawa in the CFL season opener last Thursday, the Saskatchewan Roughriders will be looking to improve their record to 2-0 when they visit the Hamilton Tiger-Cats on Saturday.

The Roughriders offense exploded in the middle quarters of their season opener, scoring all 31 points between the second and third frames to build a strong lead over Ottawa. Despite a late push from the Redblacks, Saskatchewan's defense held strong with key sakcs to close out the four-point win.

After having the original home opener postponed due to smoke, Thursday marked the first home game for the club and it was worth the wait, as they defeated FCNW Nex Gen 9-0.

It didn't take long before the Kickers were celebrating a goal when AliRezza Hosseini hit it to corner to put Hanover up 1-0.

The lead would grow just 3 minutes later, again by AliRezza, who took a corner kick and curled it into the goal.

Pushing the score to 3-0 thanks to Derek Bergen in the 10th minute from a great give and go from Braxton Phommorath and he rifled it in top corner.

The MJHL's all-time winningest coach has decided to continue his run with the Portage Terriers, without much deliberation.

Blake Spiller and his staff are now set for Blake's twentieth season as the team's bench boss and General Manager, and twenty-fifth season total.

Spiller says it's nice to have the deal done and that he has high hopes for the team's return this fall.

The Okotoks Dawgs came from behind to pick up an 11–9 win over the Moose Jaw Miller Express on Thursday, splitting a two-game series. 

Thursday night was a slugfest at Ross Wells Park as the teams combined for five home runs. 

The Miller Express held a 4–0 lead before giving up seven unanswered runs between the fourth and seventh innings. 

The U17 Panther Drilling Weyburn Thrashers wrapped up their regular season with a 5-2 win over the Regina Chaos Green Thursday night at Crescent Point Place.