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A pair of southwest Saskatchewan players jumped into the lead in the Saskatchewan Amateur Championship at the Humboldt Golf Club.

Kyle's Chloe Wills opened the 54-hole tournament yesterday by shooting 3-under. 

She finished the first day four shots ahead of Yorkton's Ella Kozak.

Swift Current's Corey Bailey leads the men's championship after shooting an 8-under 64 yesterday.

The second day of the event is underway.

Air quality concerns in Regina forced the Saskatchewan Roughriders to move last week’s Friday Night Football matchup against the Calgary Stampeders to Saturday afternoon.

Rumours that the smoke would complicate things began swirling on Friday afternoon, and no further updates into the evening led to business as usual before the game — fans entering the gates, going to their seats, and waiting for a 7:00 PM kickoff that never came.

The Unity Cardinals overcame a slow start on Tuesday night in Mervin to earn a first round North Saskatchewan River Baseball League series sweep.

The top-seed Cardinals wound up winning 17-7 after a mercy win in Game 1, and next up is a battle of the birds, a series against the #4 seed Lashburn Cardinals set to begin soon.

The Moose Jaw Miller Express dropped a 5-4 decision in extra innings to the Weyburn Beavers on Tuesday night at Ross Wells Park.

After three scoreless innings, Moose Jaw opened the scoring in the bottom of the fourth when Eduardo Saenz hit a solo home run to make it 1-0.

Weyburn took the lead with a pair of runs in the top of the sixth. Moose Jaw answered in the bottom half when Austin Gurney grounded into a double play, allowing Ben Waliczek to score and tie the game.

The Beavers went up 4-2 after eight innings.

It's been an incredible run for the Cartwright Twins the last few seasons in the Border Baseball League, and player/manager Drew Haight believes the group is poised to do it again.

With playoffs in full swing, Haight says this is the time of year the team really looks forward to. "We love it," he says with a laugh. "Every year, you play the regular season, and those games are fun, but you're always working toward the playoffs. This time of year, we tend to try and bring out 'A' game every night and it's the time you want to be playing."

Capping off a strong season, the U15 Steinbach Pioneers won the provincial championship and coach Kevin Verestiuk couldn't be prouder of the group.

"It's been a great year," Verestiuk says smiling. "The boys had a lot of fun and with that, came a lot of success right to the end. Proud of the group and all the work they put in to be successful this year."

The success of Cochrane’s rising track star Elise Hagen continues to build momentum.

The 18-year-old is bound for the Canada Summer Games this August in St. John’s, N.L., where she’ll compete in the 400 metres for Team Alberta. She’s one of two local athletes named to the provincial squad. Two others are alternates.

After the Games, she’ll head to Dalhousie University in Halifax, where she’s been recruited to run for the Tigers while pursuing a science degree.

The 2025 WCBL All-Star game, presented by Fortis Alberta, is set for this Saturday at 7 p.m. at Seaman Stadium.

There might be fireworks between the West and East All-Star teams, but there literally will be fireworks following the game.

Gates open early at 3:30 p.m. so fans can enjoy multitudes of activities.

The Homerun Derby is always a fan favourite.

There's even a chance for one lucky fan to win $10,000 courtesy of Pete the Plumber, a long-time sponsor of the Okotoks Dawgs.

It was a busy baseball night on Tuesday with the East Central 18UAAA Red Sox and the Marysburg Royals both taking to the road.  

The Red Sox were in Swift Current facing down the Z7 Sun Devils where they pulled back into the win column.  

Dayne Schommer opened on the mound for the Red Sox keeping the hit count low for the Sun Devils.  

The Weyburn Beavers returned to the win column Tuesday night, as they picked up a 5-4 extra innings win over Miller Express in Moose Jaw last night. With the win, the Beavers are now 6 ½ games back of Moose Jaw for the fourth and final playoff spot in the WCBL’s East Division.