Local Sports

The Estevan Elecs endured another challenging loss over the weekend, falling 61-0 to the Moose Jaw Central Cyclones. 

Head Coach Chris Bayerle acknowledged it wasn’t the result they had hoped for but pointed to several highlights from the game. 

The Carstar Okotoks Bisons opened and closed their HJHL pre-season this past weekend with a 5-4 loss to the Agra Risk Wheatland Kings.

The Kings opened the scoring early in the first period and the Bisons responded with two goals to take the lead, with one in the first period and a second on the powerplay during the second frame.

The Wheatland Kings took the lead back after answering with two goals of their own with just over a minute left in the period.

Staff with the Calgary Flames removed a memorial for Johnny and Matthew Gaudreau at the Scotiabank Saddledome on Monday morning.

According to the Flames organization, the team has ended a 13-day tribute period for the brothers.

The Gaudreau brothers were struck and killed by a suspected drunk driver named Sean Higgins while out for a bike ride on August 29.

With the BCHL pre-season well underway, teams in the league are figuring out their opening rosters for the 2024-2025 season.

The Okotoks Oilers played two pre-season games over the weekend, falling to the Bandits in Brooks 7-1, and then hosting the Cranbrook Bucks for the first time in their franchise history.

The Green and Gold had a back-and-forth game against the Bucks, but Cranbrook got the last laugh in a 7-5 loss for the Oilers.

The Portage Terriers continue to trim their roster for the upcoming season, as they announced the trade of forward Nathan Lenoski to the Dauphin Kings this morning.

Lenoski joined the Terriers before last season, coming over in a trade with the Winnipeg Freeze for defenceman Darien Schaan, and third-round draft pick and future considerations. 

Lenoski would put up 25 points in 43 games, while missing some time to injury, and played in all five playoff games.

The Swift Current 14U Southwest Sports Excellence Steelers scored their first win of the season in Moose Jaw on Saturday.

Jax Brown scored an eight-yard rushing touchdown and threw for a 45-yard touchdown to Liam Holliday to lift Swift Current past the Moose Jaw Mafia 14-6.

The Steelers won the turnover battle 5-0 with Emmerson Werk, Josh Woods, and Talon Moen forcing fumbles, Colter Telke registering an interception, and Liam Jacobson recovering a punt.

It was Week 2 in high school football action across the region.  

On Thursday,  

The HCI Mohawks were defeated by John Paul II 38-33 in North Battleford.  

Wakaw travelled to Creighton and picked up a 32-8 victory. 

In Friday’s action,  

The Steinbach Pistons lost a game in a shootout before picking up their first win of the pre-season the following night to end the exhibition portion of the schedule with a 1-1-1-1 record.

Bigger Loss Than The Game

On Friday night, the Pistons ventured into Winkler and while they lost the game in a shootout, a bigger loss happened earlier in the contest as a key player was taken out and did not return to the game.

Early on there was buzz and it felt like there was something on the line, despite it being a pre-season game.

The Swift Current Home Hardware U18 AAA Legionnaires opened their pre-season schedule with two blowout wins over the Notre Dame Hounds.

Jace Egland had a hat trick and added three assists for a six-point night in Swift Current's 10-1 over the Hounds in Wilcox on Saturday. Wesley Olson had a five-point effort with two goals and three assists, Connor Rieger had a goal and three helpers and Nate Silbernagel added a goal and two assists. Kasey Gleim, Carter Schmidt and Jackson Squires also scored and Tate Leshures stopped 26 shots in the Legionnaires net.

Sask Golf Hall of Famer Lorie Boyle added another championship to her resumé on the weekend, winning the Hillcrest Golf Club's Ladies' Club Championship.

Boyle carded rounds of 86 and 77 to take the title over runner-up Chantel Mack who finished 13 strokes off the pace.

Also of note, Boyle recorded the 5th hole-in-one of her golf career in the horse race competition of the championship on Saturday night, acing the par-3 second hole with a 9 iron from 125 yards out.