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It was close to a sweep for Swift Current's Corey Bailey in the Saskatchewan Amateur Men's Championship at the Humboldt Golf Club.

He won the Saskatchewan Mid-Amateur yesterday and then finished second after the final round of the Saskatchewan Amateur today.

Bailey shot a 2-under 70 in the final round to pull within 2 shots of Regina's Luke Cote.

Bailey led after the first round and has been in contention all week.

Swift Current's Carter Moen has been invited to the Hockey Canada National Under-17 Team Development Camp.

It runs from July 19th to the 23rd in Oakville, with the top 2009-born players trying to make one of Canada's teams for the World Under-17 Hockey Challenge.

There has been a lot of success for local golfers of late, including Swift Current's Matty Schmeiss, who qualified for Canadian Junior Nationals.

Gabriel Vilardi is staying in Winnipeg for six more years following a contract extension announced Friday.

The forward became a restricted free agent on July 1 after posting a career high 27 goals, 34 assists and 61 points in 71 NHL games played. 

In nine playoff games, the Kingston, Ont. native recorded a goal and three assists. 

"THE VILARDI PARTY CONTINUES FOR SIX MORE YEARS," The Jets shared on social media. 

We are only one week away from the Norm Neigum World Series of Mud & Dirt Drags, taking place just east of Kindersley July 25 and 26.

The local Good to Go Racing team will be on full display, lead driver Shayne Neigum racing amongst some of the fastest dirt machines in North America.

Just announced on Thursday, "FRANTIK" will be joining the field of racers in the highly competitive dirt drags.

The Okotoks Oilers' 2025–26 season schedule is here.

They’ll open the season at home on Sept. 19, when they welcome the Sherwood Park Crusaders to the Viking Rentals Centre.

The following night, they head to Brooks to face the two-time reigning BCHL champions, the Bandits.

The Oilers’ first visit to B.C. this season is on Sept. 27, when they travel to Prince George for their only regular-season matchup against the Spruce Kings.

Season tickets are on sale now and can be found here.

The Medicine Hat Mavericks rolled to a 12-1 win over the Moose Jaw Miller Express on Thursday night at Ross Wells Park.

Medicine Hat scored five runs in the fourth inning, five more in the fifth, and single runs in the sixth and seventh to grab a 12-0 lead.

Moose Jaw’s lone run came in the bottom of the ninth, when Tanner DeGrazia hit a sacrifice fly to right field to score Austin Gurney.

The Miller Express will look to get revenge tonight when they head to Medicine Hat for the rubber match of the three-game series.

It’s a full weekend of rugby action for Bow Valley teams, with two matches on their Mitford home field.

The Div. 2 Grizzlies host the Foothills Lions on Saturday at 1 p.m., looking to bounce back after a 40–31 loss to the second-place Calgary Hornets. It was only their second loss of the season.

Despite the setback, the Grizz still lead the league.

Elsewhere, the Div. 3 Ba Bas face the Canucks tonight at the Calgary Rugby Union, and the women’s team travels to Okotoks on Saturday to take on the Lions.

It was an incredible season for the Altona Bisons, capping off the magical run with a U18 championship and coach Damon Thiessen still has a smile on his face.

The Weyburn Beavers kept the chances of a playoff berth alive with a 9-2 win over the Swift Current 57s on Thursday night at Tom Laing Park. The victory came about thanks in part to a strong outing from starting pitcher Ethan Webster and a two-homer performance by outfielder Noah Brooks. 

After the game, Beavers head coach Cam Williams said the team is turning a corner heading into the final stretch.