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The South-Eastern Manitoba Hockey League announced Tuesday that an earlier decision from Hockey Manitoba has been reversed, meaning the Ste. Anne Aces are no longer part of the SEMHL, and will not play in the 2025-26 season.

A statement was provided by Commissioner Tom Vatrt:

"Hockey Manitoba Confirms SEMHL Decision Regarding Ste. Anne

It's definitely a bright future on the ice for Saskatoon’s Alida Korte. 

A familiar name in the area, Korte was in Humboldt last week as a guest coach for the Girls camp at the Humboldt Broncos Summer Hockey School. 

At 17, Korte has already established an impressive hockey profile, but there’s no doubt she’s plans on continuing to add to it.  

Encouraged by both her brother and father, Alida began playing hockey at the age of five. Korte played on boys’ teams until age 15, then switched to girls’ hockey in Saskatoon. 

Lanigan’s Kash Elke has agreed to a WHL Scholarship and Development Agreement with the Moose Jaw Warriors. 

Earlier this spring, Elke was selected in the first round of the 2025 WHL Prospects Draft.  

Swift Current's Shane Friesen is still riding high after leading the Minneapolis Senior A Wheat Kings to a NABLL championship in the US.

The Highway 39 Barrel Racing Series Championships were held over the weekend in Weyburn, where the 2025 high point champions and buckle winners were determined and announced:

Rylan Guest and Ghosts Whisper topped the Peewee category. Also competing were Braelyn Froh and Bailey, and Laityn Sawka and Buddy. Guests's buckle was sponsored by UFA Weyburn. 

Brooklynn Hagen and Runner won the Youth 3D and Youth 2D buckles, sponsored by South Country Equipment and In Memory of Andon Hoff.

It was a quick sprint for the Humboldt Broncos as they opened training camp on the weekend with their fall camp. 

After Friday night’s Green and Gold, the top 40 players in camp battled for the Elgar Petersen Cup on Saturday between the Green and Gold squads.  

The Labour Day Classic lived up to its name this weekend.  

In the 60th edition of the game, it was the Saskatchewan Roughriders who came out on top, defeating the Winnipeg Blue Bombers 34-30.  

Saskatchewan remains in first place in the Western Division with the victory.  

The Swift Current Steelers dropped their U14 football season opener 7-0 against Weyburn on Saturday.

It was a strong defensive game for the Steelers.

"Excellent team effort of the defence," said Steelers Head Coach Tyson Congdon. "We couldn't be prouder of their performance."

Hunter Blohm had an interception, while Josh Woods recovered two fumbles and Carter Tienkamp forced a fumble off a kick-off.

The best bull riding talent around is invading Kindersley this weekend, with the PBR Canada Touring Pro Division Energy Dodge Dakota Buttar Invitational.

The fun is being doubled from the one-night-show last year, as last year's PBR event was so successful that organizers booked out two nights in 2025, Friday, September 5, and Saturday, September 6. The two-night competition is also slated to be the richest single PBR Touring Series event in Canada with a $30,000 prize purse.

A record setting crowd took in the 60th Labour Day Classic in Regina on Sunday, as 34,234 fans packed into new Mosaic Stadium to watch the Saskatchewan Roughriders earn a thrilling 34-30 win over the rival Winnipeg Blue Bombers and kick off Labour Day Weekend in the CFL.