Local Sports

Junior badminton pre-district competitions in the Horizon Central Athletic Association were held on Monday, April 14. Play included boys singles, girls singles and mixed doubles. Hosts for the Monday competition included Foam Lake, Holdfast, Wakaw, Watson, and Wynyard.  

Competition in juniors play continues today, Tuesday, April 15 with boys' doubles and girls' doubles matchups being held in Imperial, Middle Lake, Quill Lake, Raymore and Watson.  

Red Deer Rebels athletic therapist Terence Robertson has earned a prestigious national appointment, being named to the Team Canada staff for the upcoming 2025 IIHF U18 Men’s World Championship.

The international tournament will take place from April 23 to May 3 in Frisco and Allen, Texas. Robertson will serve as part of Canada’s support staff, helping prepare and care for the country’s top young hockey talent.

The Sask Selects Football Program is bringing their camps to the players for 2025.

Camps and tryouts will be held in 11 locations across Saskatchewan throughout May, June, and July.

Dates of camps and registration details can be found in our article today.

Instead of athletes having to drive a long distance, the Sask Selects Football Program is bringing their camps to the players for 2025.

Throughout May, June, and July, the Sask Selects will hold camps in 11 locations: Saskatoon, Regina, Medicine Hat, Weyburn, Estevan, Lloydminster, Meadow Lake, Moosomin, Melville, Outlook, and Swift Current.

"Everybody kind of overlooks those smaller communities, so we're going to make a concerted effort to go and find those diamonds in the rough," said Coach Zeljko of the Sask Selects.

The Portage Terriers’ season has come to an end as they fell 3-2 to the Dauphin Kings on Monday night. Dauphin takes the best of seven Turnbull Cup semi final 4-2 and will now move on to play the Northern Manitoba Blizzard in the final.

MONDAY, APRIL 14TH

MJHL
Playoffs: Semi-Finals - Best of 7
Game 6
Dauphin 3 Portage 2 (Overtime)
Kings wins series 4-2

IIHF WOMEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
Round Robin
Canada 7 Czechia 1 

MLB
Atlanta 8 Toronto 4

Orlin Chalmers, the Technical Director for the Westman Region Soccer Association, is very excited to get going with another fun year of soccer programs.

This year is going to be special, as Chalmers says things are ramping up. "We're all very excited, we're going to be starting new programming throughout. We're looking forward to seeing how the kids develop and seeing them go home with happy faces."

It was an incredible year for curling's Team Sugden, and coach Gord Titchkosky couldn't be prouder but also believes their best is yet to come.

Central Plains youth hockey teams made a major statement over the weekend at the Brandon Source for Sports AAA Hockey Challenge, with both the Chiefs and the Capitals returning home with hardware and high praise from their coaches.

The Central Plains Chiefs 2016 squad, led by co-head coach Ryan Ozunko, claimed the championship title in the 2016 Gold Division, finishing the weekend with an impressive 4-1 record.

"The boys came out very good, winning the championship game on Sunday against the Brandon Stealth Wolves."

A strong weekend for the 18UW Elite Sundogs Volleyball Club who won five in a row at Sask Cup #3 before falling in the semifinal.

They beat Summit, Esterhazy, the Grizz, the Blitz Blackout and the Cougars all in straight sets.

The Sundogs then fell 21-25, 25-20, 13-15 to the Wolfpack in the semifinal.

Swift Current then dropped the third-place match to Stealth 25-21, 25-20.

The Sundogs Selects went 2-5 at the event.

The 17UW Sundogs Elite also finished fourth at their own Sask Cup #3.