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Long Lake Senior Hockey 

Friday, Nov.15 

Lanigan Pirates 5 Wadena Wildcats 4 

Foam Lake Flyers 14 Watrous Winterhawks 3 

Saturday Nov.16 

Drake Canucks 4 Wynyard Monarchs 3 

The Carstar Okotoks Bisons continue to stampede over their competition with two wins during their road trip this past weekend.

With the two wins, the Herd sits above the Medicine Hat Cubs for the top spot in the HJHL Southern Division as they hold 29 points to the Cubs 26. The two wins came from a 6-3 win over the Airdrie Techmation Thunder and then a 3-1 win over the Rams in Rocky Mountain House.

The High River Flyers had a blissful weekend as they picked up four points and strung two wins together for the first time this season.

Neither win was easy, as both games took extra time.

The Flyers have been getting comfortable in close games as they have gone to extra time in five of their last seven games. High River finished off the Coaldale Copperheads with a 5-4 win in OT on Friday and then beat the Three Hills Thrashers 6-5 in a shootout on Saturday.

Championship season is well underway in high school volleyball across the province. 

This past weekend, Girls volleyball provincial championships were held, along with Boys volleyball regionals.  

It was a strong weekend for local Girls volleyball teams. 

In the 1A final, Annaheim defeated Leroy for the gold medal. 

The Big Six Hockey League was heating up what was a cold southeast region with four games on the schedule, two of which needed extra time to find a winner. 

Coronach Merchants and Assiniboia Rebels continue winning streaks 

The Notekeu Hockey league had five games over the course of the weekend, with Coronach and Assiniboia continuing their streaks to lead their respective divisions, and Yellow Grass getting their first win of the season.  

For the 19th time overall, the Toronto Argonauts are Grey Cup Champions. On Sunday, the Argonauts defeated the Winnipeg Blue Bombers 41-24, as the Argos beat the Blue Bombers are the second time in the last three years.  

Winnipeg has lost the last three straight Grey Cup championship games.  

The Humboldt Broncos managed a split during their Family Weekend picking up a 3-1 win against the Melville Millionaires but were shutout by the Nipawin Hawks the next night 1-0. 

Edouard Gauthier made his return to the Broncos crease on Friday night after being sidelined for nearly a month with an injury. He made 37 saves against the Millionaires as the Broncos picked up their third straight win against Melville over a two-week span.  

It was a packed weekend of hockey for Weyburn hockey teams, with impressive road wins, and hard-fought battles at home. Here is a look at how the teams fared over the past few days.  

The U18 AAA Weyburn Gold Wings wrapped up their weekend with the second of two exhibition games against the Dakota College Lumberjacks, a junior college team out of Bottineau, North Dakota. After a big 7-1 win on Saturday, the Gold Wings managed to keep up the level of offence for the second game, scoring five goals in the first period alone as they skated to a 7-2 win.