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The PCI Trojans boys soccer team has wrapped up an undefeated season with a 1-0 win over the Oak Park Raiders, securing the WWAC Tier 2 Varsity AAAA Championship on June 12.

A fitting finish for graduating seniors

Grade 12 students Cade Friesen and Owen Kristoff have both been with the program for four years and say the win capped off their high school careers perfectly.

“We've gone to the championship twice, my Grade 9 and 10 year, and then last year we had some problems... so we didn't go to championship,” Kristoff says.

Basketball fans in Red Deer were treated to a high-energy showdown Thursday night as the Edmonton Stingers survived the Calgary Surge 98–95 at the Marchant Crane Centrium.

The matchup marked the first time the Canadian Elite Basketball League (CEBL) hosted an out-of-market game, and a passionate crowd turned out for the historic occasion.

Despite the loss, Surge guard Jameer Nelson Jr. said both teams delivered a thrilling performance.

The Humboldt Broncos have received another commitment from a goaltender for the upcoming 2025-26 season. This time it’s from a last name familiar to the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League (SJHL) in Nick Kotai. 

A 2007-born goaltender, Kotai appeared in one game last year with the Surrey Eagles of the BCHL. For most of the season, the 5’10 product of Abbotsford BC, was with the Langley Hockey Academy U18, where he had a record of 9-4, a 3.21 GAA and an 869 SV%.  

The Red Deer Rebels have signed defenceman Keith McInnis to a WHL Scholarship and Development Agreement.

McInnis, 19, was selected by the Rebels in the fifth round, 91st overall, in the 2021 WHL Prospects Draft.

The Red Deer native spent the past two seasons with the Brooks Bandits, competing in both the AJHL and BCHL. He recorded 53 points — including 19 goals and 34 assists — across 77 regular season games.

Seven athletes from the Cochrane Water Ninjas—five team members and two alternates—have been selected to represent Canada at the 2025 Royal Life Saving Society (RLSS) Commonwealth Lifesaving Championships in Swansea, Wales, July 10 to 13.

Jack Dunse and Isaac Thibodeau have been named to the men’s open national team. Oliver Johnson and Caebri Smith will compete on the men’s development team, while Danica Fisher joins the women’s development team. Rylee Bashow and Corbin Gilbert have been selected as alternates.

Hometown hero, Jonathan Toews, is coming home. 

Toews, the former captain of the Chicago Blackhawks, hasn't been on the ice since the 2022-23 season as he dealt with Chronic Immune Response Syndrome. His final game with the Blackhawks was on April 14, 2023, and he hasn't played since. 

Late last year, Toews went on a healing journey in India where he underwent a detox, in hopes of getting his syndrome under control. 

The Weyburn Beavers couldn’t muster enough offence Thursday night at Tom Laing Park, dropping a 7–1 decision to the visiting Sylvan Lake Gulls in the first of back-to-back games between the two teams. 

Despite the final score, Weyburn starter Joe Hart turned in a strong performance, allowing just one run over five innings while striking out four. 

It has been an eventful year both on and off the ice for the Humboldt Broncos over the last year. A coaching change created a busy summer as Scott Barney stepped down as Head Coach in June to accept the Head Coach/GM job with the Sudbury Wolves of the Onario Hockey League. Brayden Klimosko eventually became the team’s new head coach in July.  

On the ice, the season was shorter than what everyone would want, following an exit in the opening round of the playoffs. 

It will be a second straight trip to Ontario for the Saskatchewan Roughriders. 

Following last week’s win in Hamilton, the Roughriders will head to the “Big Smoke” to meet the Toronto Argonauts.  

After plenty of movement on their roster through the first two weeks, the green and white will only be making two changes to their lineup this week. 

Make it four wins in a row for Moose Jaw's Miller Express! The Millers went into Swift Current and beat the 57's 10-4 last night.

Shortstop Thomas Soto drove in three runs with a double and a home run and Eduardo Saenz hit a two-run homer.

Rodolpho Guardiola scattered four hits over five innings, striking out three to earn the win on the mound.

Moose Jaw will host the 57's tonight at Ross Wells Park.