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The Swift Current Wolverines improved their Prairie Gold Lacrosse League playoff hopes Sunday afternoon with a critical win over the Weyburn Razorbacks.

Grady Henderson scored four times for Swift Current, including the game-winner with 4:22 left in regulation in their 6-5 victory at the S3 West Arena on Country 94.1's Local Sports Live.

Cochrane Cowboys alumnus Nick Hooper and Annika Fines of the Calgary Dinos have retained their spots on the Canadian national junior wrestling team and are preparing for two major international competitions.

For the second consecutive year, 19-year-old Hooper won the 74-kilogram event in junior men’s wrestling at nationals, held over the weekend at Clare Drake Arena on the University of Alberta campus in Edmonton. He was also named the junior men’s most outstanding wrestler for his performance.

The Okotoks Dawgs had their 2025 Home Opener last night (Saturday, May 31) against the Energy City Cactus Rats.

Before the first pitch was thrown, the Dawgs gave legendary Don Seaman a salute.

The salute was topped off with a tribute video to Don Seaman and all of the Dawgs teams gathered together and tipped their caps to the principal donor of the Seaman Stadium complex.

There was also a banner unveiling of their 2024 Championship Banner.

The game began slow, with neither team scoring until the sixth inning.

Mitford Park pulsed with energy on Saturday, May 31, as the Bow Valley Rugby Club celebrated its annual Club Day in vibrant style.

From the first whistle at 10 a.m., the field came alive with the thunder of cleats and the cheers of spectators, as players of all ages—from the tiniest U5s to seasoned adults—took to the pitch with pride.

The Weyburn Beavers bounced back in a big way Saturday night, outlasting the Moose Jaw Miller Express in a 19-16 slugfest at Ross Wells Park.

Weyburn entered the contest following a 5-0 shutout loss at home to the Regina Red Sox, but their bats came alive early and often in Moose Jaw. The Beavers put up crooked numbers in three straight innings, scoring five in the 3rd, three in the 4th, five more in the 5th, and another four in the 7th, en route to a 19-run, 16-hit offensive outburst.

High River's Jason Glass is back on top of the aggregate at the 46th running of the WPCA's Grande Prairie Stompede.

His classic checkered wagon came in first place on Friday night with a time of 1:16.01   

It also bumped him back into first from second in the aggregate.

Glass is a two-time Stompede champ and finished in third last year in the final $40,000 Dash for Cash.

Only the top four in the aggregate after Saturday night's races will move on to the Dash for Cash on Sunday.

A second-period goal by Cochrane's Ty Mueller helped lift the Abbotsford Canucks to a 3-2 overtime win over the Texas Stars in Game 1 of the AHL Western Conference final.

Facing Texas for the first time, Mueller gave the Canucks a brief 2-1 lead before Antonio Stranges tied it later in the frame. After a scoreless third period, Christian Wolanin buried the winner in overtime.

It marked a second straight two-point night for Mueller, who also assisted on Abbotsford’s opening goal.

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The Second Annual Outlaw Buckers & Oil Kings Match Bronc Riding event is just around the corner now, and there are still advance tickets available for the sale price.

Tickets are $30 if purchased online and $40 at the gate.

"We encourage everybody to visit the website and get their tickets ahead of time," shared organizer Robert Schmidt. 

The Weyburn Beavers couldn’t keep the momentum rolling from their season-opening win, falling 5-0 to the Regina Red Sox on a smokey Friday night at Tom Laing Park.

The game also saw the debut of the Beavers' City Connect jerseys. The light blue jerseys have dark blue silhouettes of images from around Weyburn, including the old water tower, the wheat sculptures that line the boardwalk, and a pump jack. The jerseys were design with help from J.J. Fisher, and were sponsored by Weyburn Tourism, and the Weyburn Credit Union.

After being voted out of the Southeast Manitoba Hockey League, the Ste. Anne Sr. Aces filed a complaint with Hockey Manitoba in hopes of overturning the decision and be allowed to play in the 2025-26 season.

Back on May the 4th, Aces President and Head Coach Kevin Lansard was informed while at a league meeting that the original six teams of the SEMHL held a vote and ousted the Aces on the heels of St. Anne claiming their third straight league championship.