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After more than a decade on the court, Okotoks Paralympian Zak Madell has announced his retirement from wheelchair rugby.

The 30-year-old athlete’s 13-year career began in 2011, after he attended a prospect camp where he caught the attention of Duncan Campbell, the co-inventor of wheelchair rugby.

At just 18 years old, Madell competed at the 2012 London Paralympics, helping Team Canada secure a silver medal in his debut appearance.

Two West Central teams made the trip to Regina this past weekend for the Softball Saskatchewan U19 'C' Girls provincial championship.

The Rosetown Angels and Macklin Lakers helped make up a small four-team field along with the Regina Revenge and Moosomin Predators. After starting the tournament against each other, Rosetown and Macklin took different routes to get into the gold medal game, the undefeated Angels eventually coming out on top in Saturday's championship match.

The Kindersley Jr. Klippers have filled a pair of vacancies behind their bench ahead of the upcoming season. 

The team announced two hirings on Friday, Ben Marshall as assistant coach, and Jayden Villafane as the new athletic therapist/equipment manager, after the organization began their search around the start of June following the departures of previous assistant coach Tyler Traptow, and athletic therapist Cheyenne Epp.

The Moose Jaw and District Sports Hall of Fame has announced its 2025 induction class. 

Included in this year’s class are five builders and three athletes. 

Being inducted into the Sports Hall of Fame for 2025 are: 

Sask Hockey has announced the camp lineup for the U16 Top 34 camp with a couple of local players making the list.  

Defenceman Kohen Ruedig from Humboldt and Kash Elke from Lanigan were named to the camp.  

The Top 34 camp is the last stage before the selection of the roster that will represent Team Saskatchewan at the WHL Cup in October.  

The East Central 15U AAA Dodgers enjoyed a successful weekend as they won three of four games in a pair of doubleheaders.  

The Eastman Wildcats continued their strong season by finishing 2nd out of 23 teams at the Mankato Peppers Classic this past weekend.

Finished runner-up in the Gold Bracket, losing their only game of the tournament and their season in the gold medal game. 

The club went 8-1 at the tournament and combining that with their regular season record, they are now 39-1.

In pool play, they won 11-0 over Mississippi Valley Pride, 15-4 over ISA Royal, 4-0 against Dakota Mayhem, 8-4 over Gamblers Gold, 3-1 vs host Mankato Peppers Richards and 1-0 against MN Havoc.

The Moose Jaw Miller Express were swept in a three-game set over the weekend, taking two losses against the Lethbridge Bulls and one to the Saskatoon Berries. 

The Berries made a late charge on Friday night at Ross Wells Park to pick up a 12–8 win over the Miller Express. 

The Okotoks Dawgs keep finding ways to win, including beating the Brooks Bombers back-to-back over the weekend.

Their record is now 23 and 10 as they hold a 2 and a half game lead over the Lethbridge Bulls and the Sylvan Lake Gulls for first place in the WCBL West division.

The Dawgs dropped the Bombers 5-1 on Saturday and 13-3 on Sunday.

Interestingly enough, the Dawgs host the Bulls on Tuesday night at Seaman Stadium, and then they host the Gulls on Wednesday this week.

Tickets are still available.

Steer Wrestler Scott Guenthner from Provost, Alberta, is going to the Championship finals this Sunday at the Calgary Stampede.

Guenthner had a time of 4.7 seconds on the final day in Pool A to finish in second place on Sunday, but more importantly, he finished first overall.

That means he's going to the Steer Wrestling finals on Sunday. 

Two other Albertans also qualified for Championship Sunday.

Ladies Breakaway Roping standout Shelby Boisjoli-Meged from Langdon finished in first place yesterday, and overall, so she's moving on to the finals.