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Week 5 of the high school football season around the area is in the books.   

On Thursday, Watrous was defeated by Clavet 60-48 in a night game. With the loss, the Wildcats record drops down to 2-2, with both losses coming at the hands of Clavet. Watrous will return to action on Thursday with a home game against Assiniboia.  

The Swift Current Comp. Senior Ardens volleyball team emerged from the Regina Reconciliation in Sport Invitational Tournament with a fourth straight title to open the season.

Swift Current opened the three-day tournament going 2-1 in pool play with wins over Dauphin and Regina Miller and a loss to Winston Knoll.

They were then entered into the re-pool where they beat North Battleford and Campbell but lost to Warman and Yorkton.

The ECS Elecs Football Team were up against the wind and the Moose Jaw Peacocks over the weekend, coming back home with a 48-30 loss. 

Head coach Chris Bayerle said they had a game plan walking into the windy field, but what hindered their play was their run game being shut down by their opponent. This kept them pinned down on their own end zone and kicking against the wind. 

Adjustments with their defense seemed to have helped, but Moose Jaw kept the Elecs honest and made a few great plays, says Bayerle. However, an injury would set them back in the third quarter. 

For the first time since 2021, the Saskatchewan Roughriders have reached the Canadian Football League (CFL) postseason. 

On Saturday, the Roughriders punched their ticket to the playoffs with a 28-24 win over the Edmonton Elks.  

Saskatchewan was in positioned for the clinching victory after the Hamilton Tiger-Cats and the Calgary Stampeders on Friday night. 

For the first time in Okotoks Oilers history, they met with the Penticton Vees and the Salmon Arm Silverbacks in regular season play.

Unfortunately the Green and Gold could not pick up a win over the weekend with a 5-1 loss to the Vees and then a 4-2 loss to the Silverbacks.

Friday (Oct. 4) was the first of four meetings between former Oiler Conyr Hellyer who captains the Vess and the Oilers. Over 3,000 fans packed the South Okanagan Events Centre for the Vees home opener.

The Agra Risk Wheatland Kings split a series over the weekend.

The Kings walked away with a win against the Red Deer Vipers 8-1 and suffered a tough loss to the Cannex Cochrane Generals 5-4. Both games were played at home.

General Manager of the Kings, Cody Holdaway talked about the results of the two bouts.

"We took Red Deer 8-1 on Friday night at home, which was a good outcome. Saturday night we just came up short. We were one goal shy of pulling off the win against Cochrane."

Holdaway says the Kings have had a good start to the season.

The Humboldt Broncos emerged from the weekend taking five out of possible six points following a three game in three-day stretch that included a home and home set with the Kindersley Klippers and a Sunday matinee contest in Yorkton.  

Friday result: Kindersley 3 Humboldt 2 F/OT  

The Kindersley Klippers had a great weekend of hockey, going up against the Humboldt Broncos both Friday and Saturday.

Friday’s game was a battle, with the game going into overtime. A lot of action, high speed, and physical play made for a great display of hockey athleticism on both sides of the ice.

The game was extremely close with overtime looming. It wouldn’t last long, though, as Will Christian came from the far end. It was 3-on-0 with Brock Evans and Jaxon Herchak supporting the breakaway.

The Eagle Sky Estevan Bruins fought hard over the weekend, coming out with points in two different games and their first win of the season.

Between an overtime loss to the Nipawin Hawks on Friday and a win against the Flin-Flon Bombers on Saturday, the team is looking to reverse the fortunes from its earlier losses.

Head Coach Jason Tatarnic says the games did start out a bit rough with their game against the Hawks.

The Southwest Cougars will play a pair of home games against the Winnipeg Thrashers this weekend. Assistant coach David Robertson will join Clayton Dreger on the Cougars Report which airs Mondays at 5:15 p.m. on CJRB Radio 1220.