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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.  

SUNDAY, APRIL 27TH

MJHL
Finals
Game 5
Dauphin 3 Northern Manitoba 0 
Northern Manitoba leads 3-2

It was a busy opening weekend for Maplewood Golf Course and General Manager Alex Edney is excited for what's to come and to welcome all to the course.

"Always a huge pleasure, always exciting to see the faces back at the golf course," Edney says with a big, excited smile. "There was a great mix of old faces and new faces, it was terrific to see the parking lot packed, it was a great weekend filled with a lot of happy faces."

Carson Isnana scored the game winner with 1:23 left in regulation Saturday night as the Moose Jaw Mustangs halted the Swift Current Wolverines' comeback bid in Prairie Gold Lacrosse League Junior B action. 

Lukas Salikin had a game-high five points, including a goal, while Ryder Gilroy had three goals and four points in the Moose Jaw 11-10 win at S3 West Arena in Swift Current. Adam Zanidean led Swift Current with four points, all assists, with Shane Cornelson, Riley Schafer, Brady Simpson, and Paul Piche all registering three points in the loss.

The Winnipeg Jets’ series lead has slipped away after a 5-1 loss to the St. Louis Blues on Sunday night. With back-to-back defeats in St. Louis, the first-round matchup is now tied at two games apiece.

The Jets had entered Missouri with a commanding 2-0 series lead, but head home looking for answers after two tough outings — and two early exits for their star goaltender.

Early momentum fades

The Saskatchewan Rush picked up a 13-9 win over the Georgia Swarm in round one, advancing to the National Lacrosse League semifinals. 

On Co-op Field, it was the visitors who jumped out to a 2-0 lead, but Saskatchewan clawed their way back thanks to goals from Austin Shanks, Jake Boudreau, Zach Manns and Ryan Keenan. 

In the second quarter, Clark Walter and Mike Messenger found the back of the net, putting Saskatchewan up 6-3 at the half. 

Shanks and Walter all found the back of the net in the third frame, holding the league steady at 8-6. 

Swift Current's Anthony Wilson offered one of only a couple bright spots for the Lethbridge Hurricanes last night.

Wilson scored his second goal of the WHL playoffs, but the Hurricanes lost 7-2 to the Medicine Hat Tigers.

Medicine Hat leads the best-of-seven Eastern Conference final 2-0. 

Meanwhile, the Spokane Chiefs got the jump on the Portland Winterhawks 10-4 to start the Western Conference final on Friday.

Swift Current's Hudson and Griffin Darby play for Portland.

Elmwood Golf Club is now open for the 2025 season.

They sold out for opening day yesterday and now have 18 holes available to play.

There was even a hole in one on opening day as Dean Bridle hit an ace on the fourth hole.

The first Elmwood men's night of the season is on Wednesday.

They join Chinook Golf Course and Sask Landing opening up for the summer. 

Athletes from Trinity Taekwon-Do continue to achieve great success at the ITF Alberta Provincial Championship.

A total of 21 athletes from Cochrane and Water Valley recently brought home 25 medals — four gold, six silver, and 15 bronze — from the provincials hosted in Airdrie.

"It's a cliché, but it's not all about the medals," says Cameron Macdonald, head coach and founder of Trinity. "I think everybody had a pretty good time and a good tournament."

A new trial is set to begin Monday for the five members of Canada’s world junior hockey team, including Cochrane's Dillon Dubé, who are accused of sexually assaulting a woman in a hotel room in 2018.

Yesterday, Superior Court Justice Maria Carroccia declared a mistrial in the case, which had only just begun on April 22. Reasons for the mistrial are subject to a publication ban.

A new jury was immediately selected from 200 potential jurors after the mistrial was declared. All five accused have pleaded not guilty for a second time.

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