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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.

It’s going to be a great weekend to get outside for some baseball training. That’s what’s lined up for youth ball players at the Marysburg Field when youth ball players gather for the 14th Marysburg Royals Ball Camp. The camp goes with two days, this Saturday, May 3 and Sunday the 4th. 

Organizer Curtis Strueby says many players have passed through the camps over the years, and some have in fact returned to add to the training regimen. 

The Melfort Mustangs were the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League's top team all season long, and cemented their status as one of the top Junior A teams in Canada on Sunday night with a 3-0 shutout win over the Weyburn Redwings to take home their second straight SJHL league title.

The Mustangs won the series in five games after dropping the opener back on April 19. Melfort responded after the 2-1 loss by only allowing one goal the rest of the series, outscoring the Red Wings 12-1 on route to the championship.

The Completely Branded/RentPro Weyburn Razorbacks opened their second season in the PGLL Sunday afternoon in Regina against the Chaos. The game would see the two teams go back and forth in a high-scoring affair before a last-second goal by Ryder Hignett in regulation handed the Razorbacks a 15-14 victory to start the 2025 campaign.  

The Edmonton Oilers came from behind to beat the LA Kings 4-3 in overtime last night, evening their first-round series at two wins apiece. Evan Bouchard scored two third-period goals, including one with 29 seconds left to send the game to extra time. Leon Draisaitl scored the winner in OT.

The St. Louis Blues laid a lickin' on Winnipeg, 5-1. That series is now tied 2-2.

Washington took a 3-1 series lead with a 5-2 win over the Canadiens in Montreal, and Carolina beat New Jersey 5-2, taking a 3-1 lead in that series.

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."