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When looking for Moose Jaw-born football talent, it can even be found beyond the province of Saskatchewan.

Jake Giokas, 2022 Central Collegiate graduate and starting center of the Vancouver Island Raiders, is back home after an award-winning football season.

The Raiders are centered in Nanaimo, BC in the British Columbia Football Conference (BCFC) of the Canadian Junior Football League (CJFL). This season the team finished with a record of 4 - 6. Despite Missing the playoffs, this season was successful compared to previous years.

Coming off a win over Everett and a loss to Saskatoon on the weekend, the Moose Jaw Warriors host the Spokane Chiefs tonight. Tonight will see 16-year-old local product Carson Deichert make his WHL debut. Deichert, a 3rd round draft pick in 2023, has 4 goals and 11 points in 6 games this season with the Winmar AAA Warriors.

On Sunday, the Winmar AAA Warriors lost 4-2 to the visiting Prince Albert Mintos.  

4A 9-A-Side football on Friday saw Moose Jaw's Vanier Vikings beat Gull Lake 62-28. and Lumsden beat Shaunavon 53-27.

The Selkirk Steelers and Steinbach Pistons are in the top half of the Canadian Junior Hockey League's Top 20 Rankings. The Steelers (10-1), who saw their season opening 10-game win streak come to an end this past weekend, dropped from number two to number three. The Pistons (6-1-1) stayed at number nine. The Central Canada Hockey League's Rockland Nationals (9-0) remain the number one ranked team in the country. 

The top two teams in the Winnipeg High School Football League's JV9 Division meet today at A.D. Penner Park. Steinbach Regional will take on the Miles Macdonell Buckeyes with the opening kickoff at 4 p.m. The Sabres and Buckeyes have identical 4-0 records. The SRSS will play its regular season finale next Wednesday in Winnipeg against the Vincent Massey Vikings. 

The Selkirk Steelers and Steinbach Pistons are in the top half of the Canadian Junior Hockey League's Top 20 Rankings. The Steelers (10-1), who saw their season opening 10-game win streak come to an end this past weekend, dropped from number two to number three. The Pistons (6-1-1) stayed at number nine. The Central Canada Hockey League's Rockland Nationals (9-0) remain the number one ranked team in the country. 

Monday, October 14th

The Swift Current Home Hardware Legionnaires extended their winning streak to five games over the weekend.

They beat the Battlefords Stars 8-3 on Saturday and 5-1 on Sunday.

Swift Current now sits second in the Saskatchewan Male U18 AAA league with a 5-1 record.

Jake Hargrave led the Legionnaires with 5 points over the two games. Swift Current Broncos prospect Carter Moen added 4 points.

Cade Mitchell won Saturday's game in net, while Berney Weston got the victory on Sunday in his return to the Legionnaires from the WHL. 

Close to the crown for the Swift Current Innovation Federal Credit Union Wildcats.

They fell 2-1 in a shootout to the Prince Albert Bears in the championship game of the U18 Female Canadian Crown hockey tournament in Alberta.

Dior Stringer scored the lone goal of the championship game for Swift Current.

The Wildcats won three out of their five games at the event including a 3-1 win over NAX in the semi-final.

Shaun Meachem, Kelly Schafer and Chris and Teejay Haichert from the Swift Current Curling Club remained perfect at the World Mixed Curling Championship with a 6-2 victory over Team Hungary on Monday in Aberdeen, Scotland.

The high school football regular season wrapped up on Friday with several southwest schools in playoff contention this fall.