Local Sports

It has been a whirlwind experience for local roller derby athlete Cecilia McCaskill, who recently took part in the Junior Roller Derby World Cup.

Here’s a tighter, sharper version with more bite and punch:

History was made last night in Sylvan Lake as the Gulls soared into the Western Canadian Baseball League final for the first time ever.

The Humboldt Broncos have released the schedule for their upcoming fall camp.  

On Friday August 29, the roster will be split into squads with practice at 10:00 am & 11:30 am 

That's followed by the Green and Gold game at 6:00 pm. 

The next day, after a morning practice at 10, the Elgar Petersen Cup will be on the line featuring the top 40 players remaining. 

The Saskatoon Berries were able to extend their season for at least more game, as they defeated the Regina Red Sox 8-4 on Monday night to even up the East Division Final at 1-1.  

After the teams traded runs in the first inning, the Red Sox grabbed a 2-1 in the second.  

Former outfielder for the Okotoks Dawgs, Tristan Peters, got the call he's been waiting for.

Peters played in his first major league game for the Tampa Bay Rays over the weekend.

He played in a game on Friday, August 8th, versus the Seattle Mariners, batting fifth in the lineup and playing centre field.

Family and friends made the trek from Winkler, Manitoba, to Seattle to watch his debut as he played in all three games in the weekend series.

The 25-year-old caught three fly balls and went 0-for-3 at bat.

The Marysburg Royals began the 2025 Saskatchewan Senior Baseball League (SSBL) Playoffs on the wrong side of the scoreboard with a 4-2 loss to the Saskatoon Outlaws on Monday night. 

Thomas Lessmeister pitched a complete game for the Royals, tossing seven innings, allowing a pair of earned runs and eight hits while recording four strikeouts. 

The Outlaws scored all of their runs in the first two innings. 

It was an up and down day yesterday for Team Sask Men's Baseball at the Canada Summer Games in St. John's. The squad started their double day with a 10-6 victory over Quebec, followed up by a 10-2 loss to Ontario.  

In the opening game, following a early run by Quebec, Saskatchewan took control with 8 runs in the bottom of the second to set the pace. Two of those run happened on a single error, and despite an effort by Quebec, there was no coming back.  

Moose Jaw’s Kyler Pladson and Saskatchewan’s women’s box lacrosse team are off to a hot start to the Canada Summer Games in St. John’s, Nfld. 

Saskatchewan sits in a tie for first place in Pool B with Manitoba at 2-0-1 after Monday’s competition. 

Team Alberta struck gold three times on Day 2 of the 2025 Canada Summer Games, wrapping up the day with a total of three gold, two silver, and three bronze medals, bringing the province’s overall medal count to 11.

Central Alberta athletes made waves in the pool, Red Deer’s Kingston Hitchcock captured silver in the men’s 400m individual medley and bronze in the 4x100m mixed medley relay, while Didsbury’s Wesley Wilks earned bronze in the men’s 50m Special Olympics breaststroke.

Fourteen-year-old Airdrie volleyball player Brooklyn Orel is ranked 11th in her group as of Aug. 12 in a national contest to be named Youth Athlete of the Year, appear in a 3BRAND advertisement in Sports Illustrated and win $25,000.