The series between the Moose Jaw Warriors and Swift Current Broncos is tied 1-1 heading into Game 3
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WHL playoffs
The Moose Jaw Warriors and Swift Current Broncos are tied 1-1 in the best-of-seven Western Hockey League Eastern Conference semifinal.
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The Broncos opened the series with a 7-2 win on Friday night with Regina product Brady Birnie and John Filmon each scoring two goals for Swift Current.
The Warriors responded in Game 2 with a 7-2 victory of their own on Saturday night, as Brayden Yager notched three goals and two assists while Denton Mayetchuk recorded a goal and five assists for Moose Jaw.
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The series will now shift to Swift Current for Game 3 on Tuesday night. Game 4 is set for Wednesday.
In the other WHL Eastern Conference semifinal, the Saskatoon Blades have a 2-0 series lead over the Red Deer Rebels.
SJHL playoffs
The Humboldt Broncos and Melfort Mustangs are heading to Game 7 in their Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League semifinal after the Broncos recorded a 4-3 double overtime victory on Sunday night in Game 6.
Spencer Bell scored his eighth of the playoffs to force a deciding game, which will be played Tuesday night in Melfort.
The winner will then head to the SJHL finals, where they will face the Flin Flon Bombers, who swept the Battlefords Stars in the other semifinal.
Grand Slam of Curling
Mike McEwen and his Saskatchewan-based curling squad came up just short at the Grand Slam of Curling’s Players’ Championship on the weekend.
After putting together a 4-1 round robin record in the final slam event of the year, McEwen and company lost to Italy’s Joel Retornaz 6-5 in the semifinal. Retornaz would then lose to Canada’s Brad Gushue in the final.
While the rankings haven’t been finalized yet, with the points picked up at the event it appears McEwen will pre-qualify for the 2025 Montana’s Brier as one of the top teams on the Canadian Team Ranking System. If that’s the case, Saskatchewan could send two teams to the national championship in Kelowna next year, with the other coming through the provincial championship.
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Water polo
Several Saskatchewan athletes have been named to the Water Polo Canada’s national teams.
Sydney Krushen, Makayla Ulmer-Lutudromu, Taya Bumpas, Simone Lapierre and Anna Ulmer have all cracked Canada’s under-19 roster for the upcoming Pan American women’s water polo championship from May 20 to 26 in El Salvador. Meanwhile, Elias Crichlow and Hamza Mahmoud have made Canada’s men’s U19 team for the event.
Krushen and Ulmer-Lutudromu will also represent Canada this year at the U18 level in China in August. Meanwhile, Clara Milleker Shyiak has been named to the U16 women’s team that will compete at worlds in Turkey in June.
Judo provincials
The 2024 Judo Saskatchewan Provincial Championships were held on the weekend in Moose Jaw with 232 entries this year, up from 176 last year.
The Moose Jaw Koseikan Judo Club won the provincial championship for the first time since 2013 while Saskatoon’s Chris Hodgson won three individual provincial titles in groundwork, senior men’s and over-30.
Several athletes will now prepare for the national championships set for May 23 to 26 in Montreal.
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Roughriders add three
The Saskatchewan Roughriders added three more Americans to the roster ahead of training camp opening next month.
The Green and White came to terms with linebacker C.J. Avery, running back Kennedy Brooks and defensive back Antione Brooks Jr.
Brooks Jr. is a former sixth-round NFL pick by the Pittsburgh Steelers, who went on to play four games with the club before joining the Los Angeles Rams, where he won a Super Bowl. Last year, the 26-year-old played with the XFL’s Seattle Sea Dragons.
Avery, a University of Louisville product, attended training camp in 2022 with the NFL’s Chicago Bears before playing the 2023 season in the XFL.
Meanwhile, Brooks spent the 2022 season on the Philadelphia Eagles’ practice squad before being released following camp in 2023. Before that, the 25-year-old rushed for 3,320 yards as a University of Oklahoma Sooner.
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