Local Sports

Keen interest in the Cochrane Generals drew a larger-than-normal pre-season crowd to the Totem Arena on Sept. 7.

Over the weekend, the Gens dropped a pair to the Mountainview Colts in their first home-and-home exhibition season series.

Tied at 2 at the end of the first period, the Colts outscored the Gens 3-1 in the second to walk away with a 5-3 win. There was no scoring in the third.

Week 1 Results  

Thursday, September 4  

Humboldt 43 North Battleford 14 

Friday, September 5 

Watrous 54 Clavet14 
Carrot River 50 St. Brieux 16  

The Swift Current Comp's Ardens soccer team got a running start to the season, returning from Weyburn with a duo of victories over the weekend.

The Ardens secured a 12-0 win over Yorkton Sacred Heart and took a 6-1 win over Weyburn on Saturday.

Grade 10 striker, Rowan Robinson, led with four goals and three assists. 

They're set to host their home tournament this weekend at the OM Irwin field.

Three members of the Marysburg Royals were among the recipients of the Saskatoon Senior Baseball League season award winners.  

Cole Bauml was named the top hitter this year. Bauml led several categories including batting average (.506), RBIs (25), and home runs (3). He also led the league in slugging (.774), OBP (.569) and hits (32).  

The Saskatchewan Roughriders snapped their five-game losing streak in the “Banjo Bowl” against the Winnipeg Blue Bombers on Saturday with a 21-13 win.  

With a 10-2 record on the year, the green and white further staked their claim that the road in the Canadian Football League (CFL) playoffs will travel through Regina this fall.  

The opening weekend of high school football didn't disappoint as Unity, Rosetown, Biggar, and Kindersley all picked up wins to wrap up the first week of school.

Biggar took an exciting road win in Kerrobert to take first place in 1A six-aside play,  Rosetown and Unity tied at the top in 2A six-aside play after wins, while in nine-aside football the Kindersley Kobras won their first game in two years against the Meadow Lake Spartans.

Several local motocross riders were up against competitors from across the province and Manitoba over the weekend.

The Swift Current Motocross Association sent a trio of riders to Virden, Manitoba, for Round 11 of the Saskatchewan Motocross Association's Provincial Championship Series.

Swift Current's Adairia Dickie secured second place overall in the Ladies B division, in addition to 20th in the Superminis.

Rorie Dickie took sixth in the plus 40 class, as well as seventh place in the vet junior division. 

For many, yoga is a solo practice, a time for focus, reflection and personal growth. At the OM Yoga Festival in Estevan, participants had the chance to experience a different side of yoga: acro yoga.

Jay Day and Grace Boyd, founders of Acro Yoga Regina, brought the practice to the festival. “Acro yoga is all about partnership,” said Jay. “It’s about connecting with others, building trust and having fun while doing it.”

For the first time since 2018 the Saskatchewan Roughriders walked away with a victory in the Banjo Bowl, earning a 21-13 win over the Winnipeg Blue Bombers on Saturday afternoon from IG Field.

The game got off to a rough start for Saskatchewan as quarterback Trevor Harris struggled to connect with receivers and pick up where he left off on Labour Day. A pedestrian first quarter saw Winnipeg use a field goal to go up 3-0, before Riders kicker Brett Lauther nailed a 20-yarder to tie things early in the second.

The Special Olympics athletes of Estevan had a chance to team up with some of the city’s first responders for a day of ball games, laughter, and community spirit.

Jackie Thule, community manager for Special Olympics Estevan, shared that both the Estevan Police Service and Estevan Fire Department joined in on the action. “The Estevan police services and the Estevan Fire Department came out and played ball with their athletes, and everyone just had a great day,” she said.