Local Sports

Yesterday HCAA Sr. Badminton Pre-District Championship action continued.  

Boys and Girls Double action took place in Englefeld, Foam Lake, Leroy and Imperial. 

The top two teams in each category will now advance to districts 

Here are the results: 

NW held in Englefeld 

Boy’s Doubles 

The Senior City Final badminton championships took place on April 8th at Peacock Collegiate. Each school could enter two participants in each of the five categories: boys singles, girls singles, boys' doubles, girls' doubles, and mixed doubles.

Cornerstone emerged victorious, securing their fifth consecutive team championship and winning gold in four out of the five categories. Central followed closely, earning one gold and three silver medals.

Now that the snow is gone, Skatemore Girls has resumed weekly meetings at the Strathmore Skatepark.

The group held its first meeting on Thursday, Apr. 10.

"It's so exciting. It feels so good," said founder Becca McDonald. "I definitely missed the community over the winter."

At each gathering the group supplies residents with skateboards, snacks, and safety equipment, alongside a Bluetooth speaker and karaoke. 

"I try to bring a hula hoop and craft stuff, so they don't even need to come and skate. They can just hang out."

The Kindersley Jr. Klippers announced a signing on Friday. Calgary born goaltender Mattias Radke signed on with the Klippers out of the Southern Alberta Hockey Academy (SAHA) located in Dunmore, Alberta outside of Medicine Hat. 

Radke posted a 2.76 GAA and .913 SV% in 26 games played this past season, posting two shutouts. In three playoff starts, Radke helped backstop SAHA to an appearance in the semifinals with a 2.80 GAA and a .908 SV%.

The big event is coming up tomorrow night at the Weyburn Legion for the Soo Line Boxing Club as they celebrate 75 years in the community.

"It starts at 6 p.m. and the doors are open at 5. There will be pre-show sparring also around 5:30 if you want to come out and check out that it's just guys that are coming to spar because they don't have a bout, so we have people that will be available to get in there with them and do some work and get some experience," Head Coach Clint Ducharme said. 

The Winnipeg Goldeyes announced the acquisition and signing Thursday of Canadian first baseman Matthew Warkentin.

Warkentin was obtained from the Frontier League’s Ottawa Titans in exchange for a player to be named later.

The 28-year-old is a native of Windsor, Ontario and becomes the sixth Canadian on the Goldeyes’ roster, joining right-handed pitchers Landen Bourassa (Lethbridge, Alberta), Trevor Brigden (North York, Ontario), Tylor Jans (St. Albert, Alberta), Landon Leach (Toronto, Ontario) and Will Sierra (Montréal, Québec).

It's setting up to be a very spring and summer season in Killarney and Recreation Director Mandy Alexander couldn't be more excited about all that is being offered, including the very popular sport of soccer.

Alexander says there's already a buzz in the air as they get closer to getting onto the pitch. "We have the highest number we've ever had," she says proudly. "We're in the range of 140 or so kids registered this year."

There will be a new champion of the Manitoba Junior Hockey League as the defending Turnbull Cup champs, the Winkler Flyers, were ousted in a series sweep by the Northern Manitoba Blizzard, losing game four 2-1 in overtime.

It was a struggle to find offense throughout the series for Winkler and that continued into the first period of game four. 

The Blizzard came out strong and both teams went back and forth, but neither could find the back of the net. Shots were listed as 10=5 for the Blizzard but it remained 0-0 heading into the first intermission.

It was another shutout for the Winnipeg Jets as they downed the Dallas Stars Thursday evening. 

Connor Hellebuyck saved 25 shots, recording his 45th win of the season to set a franchise record. It was also his eighth shutout this season. 

Kyle Connor scored two goals, while Morgan Barron and Nino Niederreiter both added one each. 

The first goal came with just over a minute before the end of the first period. Niederreiter managed to get the goal in with assists from Josh Morrissey and Adam Lowry.

The Regina Pats have won the Western Hockey League's Prospects Draft Lottery. They'll pick first overall on Wednesday, May 7th.

The last time the Pats had the number one pick was in 2020 when they selected Connor Bedard.

The Moose Jaw Warriors will get the 18th overall pick, and they'll get the 2nd pick in the U.S. Priority Draft.