Local Sports

The U17 Panther Drilling Weyburn Thrashers wrapped up their regular season with a 5-2 win over the Regina Chaos Green Thursday night at Crescent Point Place. 

Chanse Vigen, who now calls Calgary home, finished in first place after one night of racing at the Medicine Hat Exhibition and Stampede.

Vigen, defending his title, raced through on a slow, somewhat muddy track in a penalty-free time of 1:05.07.

Locally, High River's Jason Glass came in 13th, with DeWinton's Dayton Sutherland coming in 21st and Blackie's Jordie Fike came through in 30th but he did get dinged for a two second penalty for a false start.

Jason Glass is in first place in the world standings. 

A dramatic seventh inning proved to be the turning point as the Weyburn Beavers powered past the Regina Red Sox 7-4 Thursday night at Tom Laing Park, thanks to clutch hitting, strong pitching, and some emotional fireworks. 

The East Central 18UAAA Red Sox made a valiant comeback effort last night in Muenster against a five-run deficit to the Saskatoon Cubs but fell just short with an 8-6 final score. 

 After a double by the Cubs Reese Brons opened the scoring with one run, the Red Sox rallied off a Blake Morelli single to take a 2-1 lead.  

Cubs Trenton Kooy sent a solo shot over the ivy in the 3rd to tie it up. An error in the 4th gave the Cubs another leg up with a single and a 3-2 lead.  

The Ste. Anne Aces continue to do what they can to remain in the Southeast Manitoba Hockey League, and after raising concerns to Hockey Manitoba, a re-vote has been ordered. 

In an email from Hockey Manitoba, "(Ste. Anne) brought up concerns regarding the voting process and surrounding circumstances that were used to remove them from the SEMHL, and they are contesting that the SEMHL By-Laws and Regulations do not identify a clear process to remove a team from competition."

The role hockey can play in developing youth stretches far beyond skill development.

Case in point is the relationship struck between P3 Sports and the Overseas Agency, which has continued to grow since the first group of 55 Czech players came here in the spring of 2022.

This week, 77 young Czech players arrived in Cochrane—the largest group yet—for a month of hockey training, developing their English skills, and forming friendships with local youth.

THURSDAY, JUNE 12TH

CFL
Winnipeg Blue Bombers 34 BC Lions 20

NHL
Stanley Cup Finals - Best of 7
Game 4
Edmonton 5 Florida 4 (Overtime)
Series tied 2-2

AAAA Varsity Boys Soccer
Portage Collegiate Trojans 1 Oak Park Raiders 0 (Playoffs)

The Winnipeg Goldeyes (13-17) were held off the scoreboard Thursday evening, dropping a 3-0 decision to the Chicago Dogs (15-16) at Impact Field in the finale of a three-game series.
 
After scoring 19 runs and hitting nine home runs over the first two games of the set, the Goldeyes were shut out for the second time in four contests.
 

The AA Westman Storm are heading to Brandon for a big Showcase event and one of their star players, Emerson Kempthorne, says the group is ready to impress.

"The girls, they're all really good people," Kempthorne says when talking about why this year has been so special. "We have great coaches, too. Everyone works hard and wants to be there. Everybody fits into their roles on the team perfectly."

That bats stayed hot, but the Swift Current 57's fell 17-8 to Medicine Hat in a high scoring game in the WCBL last night. 

Swift Current product Brody Alexandre went 3 for 4 with a run scored and 4 RBIs.

Donovan Borg scored 3 times for the 57's in the loss, while Braxton Vail went 2 for 4 and scored twice in the game.

The Mavericks built up a 9-1 lead before Swift Current's hitting made a bit more interesting in the later innings.