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The Marysburg Royals suffered a rare loss on Thursday night as the Saskatoon River Pirates staged a late rally to edge out the Royals 7-6.  

Marysburg held a slim 6-5 lead heading into the bottom of the seventh inning before the River Pirates scored a pair of runs to complete the comeback. 

It was a back-and-forth game between the two squads, with Saskatoon opening with a two-run lead at the bottom of the first inning. 

Macklin's Cole Reschny will be hoping to hear his name called during the first round of the 2025 NHL Entry Draft on Friday, marking the latest step on a long journey — that has been a whirlwind the last few months. 

After helping the Victoria Royals through an exciting playoff run that ended in the second round to Spokane, Reschny made the decision to forgo the rest of his WHL career and instead commit to playing college hockey for a top program in the University of North Dakota.

The Weyburn Lacrosse Association will be well represented at the Saskatchewan Lacrosse Association Provincial Championships this weekend in Regina, with squads competing across all four age divisions. Over three days, the Thrashers will be taking on teams from across the province in round-robin and playoff action at the Co-Operators Centre in the provincial capital. 

The Moose Jaw Miller Express snapped a five-game losing skid after defeating the Fort McMurray Giants 3–0 on Thursday night.

The Miller Express played a doubleheader in Fort McMurray on Thursday, dropping the first game 3–1 to the Energy City Cactus Rats from Spruce Grove.

All of the scoring in that game happened in the third inning. Austin Gurney gave Moose Jaw a 1–0 lead in the top half of the inning, but a three-run home run by Drew Ambercrombie scored the winning runs for the Cactus Rats. The loss extended Moose Jaw’s losing streak to five games.

Chanse Vigen, who now calls Calgary home, lit up the track Thursday night at the prestigious Ponoka Stampede.

Vigen and his wagon crossed the finish line in a time of 1.11.75, breaking Luke Tournier's 2011 time of 1.12.19.

High River's Jason Glass finished in 13th, Dayton Sutherland from DeWinton came in 24th while Blackie's Jordie Fike came in 36th out of 36th after suffering a 10 second penalty for his wagon missing a barrel.

The Okotoks Dawgs unleashed their scoring prowess last night in Lethbridge, absolutely destroying the Bulls 24-2.

Yes, 24 to 2 was the final score.

Connor Crowson led the charge, going 4 for 4 at the plate. He drove in 7 RBIs, crossed the plate five times, and was walked twice.

Austin Eaton got the win on the mound, going 6 innings while striking out 4 players and giving up 3 hits.

With the win, the Dawgs moved back into first place in the WCBL West Division, just a half game up on the Bulls.

In the WCBL, the Swift Current 57's took three late leads, but fell 9-8 to the Energy City Cactus Rats yesterday.

Down 3-0, the 57's came back to lead 4-3, 7-6, and 8-7, before losing 9-8 in 8 innings.

Gus Koehn went 2 for 5 with 2 RBIs and 2 runs scored to lead the way for Swift Current.

David Jinks went 2 for 3 with a walk, a run scored, and an RBI.

Shunta Furuya took the loss in relief.

The 57's have lost their first three games on their Alberta road swing.

They play Energy City again this afternoon in Fort McMurray.

They make for an interesting concoction, these ever-evolving Winnipeg Blue Bombers now just three games into their 2025 Canadian Football League schedule.

Some, not all, of the familiar faces still remain in place from a crew that has appeared in five straight Grey Cup games, with championships in 2019 and 2021 and the early indicators are they have been mixed with a tasty crew of newcomers and second-year pros who are bringing their own magic to the potion.

The Saskatchewan Roughriders enter Saturday’s Week 4 matchup against the BC Lions with a perfect 3-0 record good for first place in the CFL West — but they’ll need a win to stay ahead of the surging Winnipeg Blue Bombers, who moved to 3-0 with a 36-23 win over Edmonton on Thursday night.

The Roughriders have a big question mark entering the game. Quarterback Trevor Harris was once again listed as questionable on Thursday's team injury report with a head/illness issue. Seven Roughriders are already listed as out for the game, including receiver Samuel Emilus. 

THURSDAY, JUNE 26TH

CFL
Winnipeg 36 Edmonton 23

American Association Baseball
Winnipeg Goldeyes 5 Sioux City Explorers 4 (7 Innings)
Sioux City Explorers 1 Winnipeg Goldeyes (7 Innings)

MLB
Toronto 6 Cleveland 0

FRIDAY, JUNE 27TH