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It was a special weekend for the U15 Wildcats as the group captured first place in a big tournament and head coach Russ Kihn couldn't be prouder of his group.

"We went out to Saskatoon, they have their annual Presidents Tournament, that's Saskatoon Minor Softball," the coach explains. "We ended up having a fantastic weekend. We played our four round robin games and we won all of those, we went through the semifinals and we won the championship, 5-1 against the St. Albert Angels out of Edmonton."

The Garden Valley Collegiate Zodiacs will represent Zone 4 in Stonewall starting on Thursday and pitcher Jackson Friesen believes his club is ready to bring a provincial banner home to Winkler.

Five members of the Cochrane Cobras football players are in the running to suit up for U18 Team Alberta.

At the final round of tryouts held last weekend in Red Deer, Brock Van De Kraats, Jackson Hughes, Ronen McClelland, Evan Samoleski, and Tyler Clazie all finished in the Top 100.

The final roster of 40 players, who will represent Alberta at the U18 Canada Cup in Antigonish, N.S., from July 12 to 21, is expected to be announced later this week.

Selected players will return to Red Deer for a training camp from June 13 to 15 ahead of the national competition.

The U15AA Whitecap Resources Gold Wings female hockey team celebrated a successful season at the Hockey Weyburn awards night on Monday, recognizing the outstanding efforts of their players.

This season, the Gold Wings set new team records with a notable winning streak and playoff success, said Assistant Coach Shawn Madsen. He described the year as a “really good stepping stone” for the program’s future. Though the team narrowly missed advancing further in the playoffs, losing by just one goal in the final round, the effort was commendable.

Senior baseball action returns to Kindersley on Tuesday night with a pair of Fertile Valley Baseball League games. 

All four Kindersley teams are in action, starting at 6:00 PM when the Cubs face the Raiders, the first half of a doubleheader as the Stallions and Klippers fire things up afterwards at 8:00.

The Cubs opened their season with a 17-11 win in Rosetown on Sunday in the league's only game of the season so far. The Raiders had their Sunday game against Oyen cancelled, now set to join the Stallions and Klippers in making their season debut tonight.

The Strathmore Venom junior lacrosse team had a successful home opener last weekend.

On Friday, May 23, the Venom were at the Strathmore Family Centre taking on the Calgary Axemen. 

"The crowd was awesome with a packed arena," said Travis Gauthier, vice president of Strathmore Lacrosse. "The team fed into the amazing energy from the crowd and played a really solid game."

By the end of the game, the Venom scored a 9-4 victory over the Axemen.

The Carolina Hurricanes have lived to play another day. The 'Canes surprised Florida 3-0 in Stanley Cup playoff action last night.  Frederik Andersen stopped all 20 shots he faced for the shutout. The Panthers still lead the series 3 games-to-one.

The Edmonton Oilers look to take a 3-1 series lead in the Western Conference final tonight when they host the Dallas Stars.

At the Memorial Cup, the WHL champion Medicine Hat Tigers beat Moncton 3-1, improving to 2 and 0. The Tigers play the London Knights tonight with the winner getting a bye into Sunday's championship game.

The Western Canadian Baseball League (WCBL) Weyburn Beavers return to Tom Laing Park this Thursday, officially kicking off the collegiate baseball season. 

Head coach for the Beavers Cam Williams says the team is excited to start the action. Players arrived in town yesterday from across Canada and the United States yesterday, on the tails of their college ball seasons.  

“Obviously a lot of guys had really good school ball years, but overall summer ball is just a different ball game to use the term. The guys are just really excited.” 

MONDAY, MAY 26TH

NHL
Playoffs - Best of 7
Eastern Conference Finals
Game 4
Carolina 3 Florida 0
Florida leads series 3-1

PWHL
Walter Cup Finals - Best of 5
Game 4
Minnesota 2 Ottawa 1 (Overtime)
Minnesota wins series 3-1

MLB
Toronto 2 Texas 1

The Medicine Hat Tigers return to the ice tonight with a shot at a bye to the Memorial Cup final.

The Tigers improved to 2-and-0 at the tournament with a 3-1 win over the Moncton Wildcats last night in Rimouski.

They’ll face the also-undefeated London Knights this evening, with the winner securing a direct path to the championship game.