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LOS ANGELES, Calif. – The Washington Capitals have selected Moose Jaw Warriors’ forward Lynden Lakovic 27th overall at the 2025 NHL Draft presented by Upper Deck. 

Dreams are set to come true this weekend as the NHL holds their entry draft.

The first round of the draft is set for tonight, with rounds 2-7 set for tomorrow.

Swift Current Broncos defenceman Peyton Kettles has been consistently ranked as a pick in the top half of the draft.

Country 94.1's Local Sports Live second dose of Sunday afternoon action, comes with the Swift Current U17 Sonic.

The Sonic host the Valley Vipers for two games at Patterson Ball Diamonds. Game two will be featured on Country 94.1 beginning at 2:50 p.m.

Sonic outfielder Brynn Haubrich said the doubleheader will be critical for them as they build towards a championship run.

"We just want to prepare for provincials, we know they're a good team," she said. "It will be good competition to help us develop and get where we need to be."

It could be a battle of the backup quarterbacks this week between the Saskatchewan Roughriders and the BC Lions at Mosaic Stadium.  

Saskatchewan will turn to Jake Maier as the starting quarterback on Saturday for the first time since acquiring the 28-year-old from the Calgary Stampeders. Trevor Harris will miss this week’s game (Head/Illness).  

Country 94.1's Local Sports Live is serving up a double dose of baseball on Sunday.

First up is the 9-4 Swift Current 11U AAA Nutrien Ag Solutions 57s as they welcome the 5-14 White Butte Broncos to Sharon Hogg Field for a noon first pitch.

The 57s sit fourth in the league standings but sit only three points back of a tie for second and have three games in hand on the Regina Athletics. 

Swift Current beat White Butte twice on May 25, 23-12 and 22-9.

The Marysburg Royals suffered a rare loss on Thursday night as the Saskatoon River Pirates staged a late rally to edge out the Royals 7-6.  

Marysburg held a slim 6-5 lead heading into the bottom of the seventh inning before the River Pirates scored a pair of runs to complete the comeback. 

It was a back-and-forth game between the two squads, with Saskatoon opening with a two-run lead at the bottom of the first inning. 

Macklin's Cole Reschny will be hoping to hear his name called during the first round of the 2025 NHL Entry Draft on Friday, marking the latest step on a long journey — that has been a whirlwind the last few months. 

After helping the Victoria Royals through an exciting playoff run that ended in the second round to Spokane, Reschny made the decision to forgo the rest of his WHL career and instead commit to playing college hockey for a top program in the University of North Dakota.

The Weyburn Lacrosse Association will be well represented at the Saskatchewan Lacrosse Association Provincial Championships this weekend in Regina, with squads competing across all four age divisions. Over three days, the Thrashers will be taking on teams from across the province in round-robin and playoff action at the Co-Operators Centre in the provincial capital. 

The Moose Jaw Miller Express snapped a five-game losing skid after defeating the Fort McMurray Giants 3–0 on Thursday night.

The Miller Express played a doubleheader in Fort McMurray on Thursday, dropping the first game 3–1 to the Energy City Cactus Rats from Spruce Grove.

All of the scoring in that game happened in the third inning. Austin Gurney gave Moose Jaw a 1–0 lead in the top half of the inning, but a three-run home run by Drew Ambercrombie scored the winning runs for the Cactus Rats. The loss extended Moose Jaw’s losing streak to five games.

Chanse Vigen, who now calls Calgary home, lit up the track Thursday night at the prestigious Ponoka Stampede.

Vigen and his wagon crossed the finish line in a time of 1.11.75, breaking Luke Tournier's 2011 time of 1.12.19.

High River's Jason Glass finished in 13th, Dayton Sutherland from DeWinton came in 24th while Blackie's Jordie Fike came in 36th out of 36th after suffering a 10 second penalty for his wagon missing a barrel.