Local Sports

MONDAY, APRIL 28TH

NHL
Stanley Cup Playoffs - Round 1
Game 4
Florida 4 Tampa Bay 2 
Florida leads series 3-1

Stanley Cup Playoffs - Round 1
Game 5
Dallas 6 Colorado 2 
Dallas leads series 3-2

PWHL
Montreal 3 Boston 2 (Overtime)

TUESDAY, APRIL 29TH

As the 2025 golf season approaches, Pleasant Valley Golf Club is set to welcome familiar faces as well as new golfers from across the province to their incredible course.

Manager Cheryl Berry is thrilled that opening day is finally here. "Our 18 hole championship course wintered very well," she says proudly. "We're so excited to welcome everyone back. Newcomers are welcome and they should know we have water hazards only, no sand traps, so only the occasional ball will be swallowed up by the water."

Ethan Wiebe is set to continue his basketball career while also getting an elite level education as he announced he'll be joining the University of Manitoba Bisons.

The SRSS Sabres soccer team is picking up momentum and the group is coming off a very impressive weekend where they won a prestigious tournament. 

A recent sports event had 8-ball pool teams from all across the province heading to Estevan to take part in the tournament at the Estevan Legion. With 288 games played, it was quite the process, with the hometown Estevan 2 team coming out on top.

That consists of Steve Valentine, Steven Lalonde, Burt Blondeau, and Doug Cairns, who talked a bit about the road to get there.

"It was quite the grind, but it was a lot of fun," said Blondeau.

With the snow melted away and sunshine heat here to stay, the diamonds will be soon busy with activity. 

This includes slo-pitch, with the registration deadline this Friday (May 2).  

Seven teams have signed up so far, but there is room for additional for more. 

 Individual players can sign up and be assigned to a team.  

The season came to an end two games too early for the Richardson Pioneer Weyburn Red Wings, as they were stopped by the Melfort Mustangs in Game 5 of the Canterra Seeds Cup Finals Sunday night. The Mustangs would keep Weyburn off the board as they went on to a 3-0 win to take the series 4-1.  

With files from Saskatchewan Rush

Saskatoon got its first taste of playoff lacrosse since 2019 on Saturday night. The Saskatchewan Rush rewarded their playoff faithful with a 13-9 win over the Georgia Swarm to advance to the NLL semi-finals, now set to take on the Halifax Thunderbirds in a best-of-three.

The atmosphere inside SaskTel Centre was turned up a notch with it being a single-game elimination. The building was silent early as the Swarm opened up a 2-0 lead, but Saskatchewan would find their groove to take a 6-3 lead into halftime.

Swift Current’s Hailey Thompson was one of 15 runners from Saskatchewan who took part in the 129th Boston Marathon on April 21st, finishing the 42-kilometre race with a time of three hours, five minutes and 16 seconds. 

A peek into the future of Cochrane’s newest national team is coming this weekend.

The Rocky Mountain Rage is inviting Cochranites to come celebrate its first official franchise event, a jersey logo reveal and coaching staff announcement set for May 3 at the Canadian Brewhouse in Cochrane at 3 p.m.

“This is big for Cochrane. We’re trying to keep everything as Cochrane-ish as possible,” says Angie Pighin, a founding committee member of the team.