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Errors would be the key factor for the Weyburn Beavers Tuesday night. Two in the second inning would be crucial for the Medicine Hat Mavericks, as they capitalized on every mistake en route to a 19-6 win over the visiting Beavers.  

Weyburn starter Ian Heck had a rough outing on the mound, giving up 11 runs, only five earned, over 4 1/3 innings. The defence would finish the game charged with eight errors, leading to the gap between runs allowed and earned runs.  

William Edwards hit a home run, a double and drove in 3 runs leading the Moose Jaw Miller Express to a 9-8 victory over the first place Berries in Saskatoon last night.

Eduardo Saenz went 3 for 5 with 4 RBI for the winners.

The Millers will play host to Regina tonight at Ross Wells Park. The Red Sox laid a 17-1 licking on the Swift Current 57s last night.

The Weyburn Beavers also in action last night - they lost 19-6 in Medicine Hat.

Dakota Buttar is currently first place in the PBR Canada National Standings, but at the moment he has his eyes on the prize at the Calgary Stampede getting set to compete in Pool C of the bull riding competition in the "The Greatest Outdoor Show on Earth".

Back in June, Buttar grew his first-place lead with strong performances at both the PBR Ottawa Classic and PBR London Classic cup series events. After that was a short break from PBR competition for some other pro rodeo dates before a return to the Canadian circuit.

TUESDAY, JULY 8TH

Manitoba Junior Baseball League
Pembina Valley 5 Carillon 11

American Association Baseball
Sioux Falls Canaries 12 Winnipeg Goldeyes 5

MLB
Toronto 6 Chicago White Sox 1 (6 Innings - Game called due to rain)

The Killarney Lakeside Golf Course will be the host site for the inaugural Killarney Shamrocks Alumni Golf Tournament this upcoming weekend.

One of the organizers, Tyler Shiels, couldn't be more excited for what the weekend will bring. "It's the first ever Killarney Shamrocks alumni golf event and it'll be at the Killarney Lakeside Golf Course," he explains with a big smile. "It starts at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday."

It was a magical run for the U13 Winkler Storm as they blew away the competition at their most recent tournament, winning a total of seven games before dispatching Hamiota in the finals to take home the gold.

"We're made up of girls from our two Winkler teams," head coach Dan Giesbrecht explains. "We have tryouts for provincials for those girls that want to try out. We pick our team, then we practice sometimes during the season, and we entered one tournament in Steinbach. After our league playdowns are done, we focus and we enter the provincials."

It wasn't an ideal start, but the U13 Wildcats never quite, battling right to the end, claiming victory in the silver bracket of the Peppers Classic in Mankato, Minnesota.

"It's super fun," coach Jason Plett says when looking back over the year to this point. "They're definitely getting closer as a team every game and every practice. There have been highs and lows during games, being it's the U13 age, but it's awesome to see how they pick each other up, work through those tough times and getting better."

A new powerhouse in Manitoba's women's slow pitch is making waves both on and off the diamond. The Prairie Queens, a competitive slow pitch team led by sisters Melora Barton and Ashley Ozunko, recently clinched the provincial title with a perfect 6-0 record, a remarkable achievement for a team in its very first season.

The idea for the team started as a casual conversation between the sisters, who had been subbing with other women's teams.

Two Swift Current Stingrays swimmers picked up age group medals at the Melfort Marlins swim meet over the weekend.

Lincoln Moffit won gold in the 11 & 12-year-old boys. 

Jett Schafer earned bronze in the 9 & 10-year-old boys category.

Other results:

7 & 8 Girls

Regan Shaw

• 25 Back - 11th - 49.73
• 25 Free - 10th -38.04
• 50 Back -  9th - 1:42.90
• 50 Free - 10th - 1:35.95

9 & 10 Girls

Mackenzie Shaw

The Swift Current 57's left 13 runners on base in a 17-1 loss to Regina.

Ethan Bailey went 2 for 3 in the game for Swift Current.

Regina pulled ahead 11-0 after the 2nd inning.

The 57's now have a day off to regroup before heading to Regina again on Thursday night.

Swift Current isn't home until July 14th when they host Medicine Hat.