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The Moose Jaw Miller Express picked up a split over the weekend, defeating the Medicine Hat Mavericks 6–4 on Saturday before falling to the Regina Red Sox 9–7 on Sunday afternoon. 

On Saturday, the Miller Express earned a road win over the Mavericks. 

Despite dropping both games over the weekend, the Rocky View Rage Jr. B Tier II squad has secured a berth in the Rocky Mountain Lacrosse League (RMLL) south division playoffs.

While the playoff schedule had not been released at this writing, Rage head coach Reese Sellwood believes they’ll face the Axemen in the opening round. He expects the series to begin Friday or Saturday night at Stu Peppard Arena in Calgary.

The third-place Axemen defeated the Rage in both of their regular-season matchups, including a narrow 11–9 win in Cochrane on June 20.

The U15 Macklin Lakers took home a bronze medal this weekend at 'B' North provincials in Unity. They joined the host Panthers as local teams in attendance and actually beat Unity in the bronze medal game to put an end to a great weekend of ball in the West Central community. 

Macklin started their tournament with a pair of losses 9-4 against the Battleford Bandits, and 14-6 against Melfort. The team was able to rebound in their first game Saturday with a 12-7 win over Parkland, and 14-2 win against the Saskaoon Lasers.

The 38th Annual Western Canadian Oldtimers Baseball Championship came and went over the weekend at Berard Field in Kindersley. Only a four-team field this year, the host Kindersley Klippers were joined by three longtime participants in Kindersley — the Provost Buds, Medicine Hat Jays, and eventual champion Regina Drifters.

The Humboldt Hammerheads returned with more medals following their two stops on the weekend in Rosetown and Biggar.  

On Saturday, in Rosetown, standout results included Madeline Saretsky (Silver) and Linicke Jacobs (Gold) in the 7/8 girls, Felicity Nielson (Bronze) in the 13/14 girls, and Keniel Reich (Gold) in the 18+ boys. 

It was a tough weekend all-around for the Saskatchewan Roughriders as they suffered their first loss in 2025 against the Calgary Stampeders with a 24-10 loss.  

The game was originally supposed to be played on Friday night but was postponed following a three-and-a-half-hour delay to Saturday afternoon due to poor air quality from the smoke of the northern wildfires.  

A rainy Monday has put a damper on plans for baseball fans.

The Swift Current 57's have announced tonight's game against the Lethbridge Bulls has been postponed as rain showers are expected to continue into the evening. No makeup date has been announced.

The team also announced their "Fill the Park" night event, which included pre-game activities for fans, will be rescheduled to their home game against the Saskatoon Berries on Tuesday, July 22.

It's been a solid summer for golf sensation Ty Brewster has he recently was part of the Junior Championships that were held on his home course and he's no prepared to make some noise at the next event which is underway starting today.

The Ponteix Golf Club hosted the annual Allan Therrien Memorial Open golf championship this past weekend, with 77 golfers participating. 

Several local golfers secured notable wins during the tournament, including Maple Creek's Gavin Graves, who was named overall champion after marking down a score of 67 on Sunday.

On Saturday, the top 11 qualifiers competed in an elimination horse race, with all three winners coming from Swift Current;

Sheldon Paulhus secured first place, Jeff Parsons claimed second, and Cole Bissonette headed home with third place.

Two Cochrane Cowboys alumni are bringing home international hardware after impressive performances at the 2025 U20 Pan-American Wrestling Championships in Lima, Peru.

Annika Fines, competing in the women’s 50kg division, struck gold for Canada during the women’s competition on July 11. It was a standout showing for the young wrestler, who powered her way into the final match, continuing her climb on the international circuit.