Battlefords News-Optimist

The Wilkie Outlaws have won the first game of their provincial senior B series with Leroy on the weekend. The Outlaws beat Leroy 4-3 on Saturday. Game two goes in Leroy next week.

The Battlefords AAA Stars have wrapped up their season after dropping two games against the Notre Dame Hounds this weekend. The Stars fell Saturday to Notre Dame at home by a 7-5 final score.

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MAIDSTONE – The biggest topic around the apartments is the weather. No one has gone very far or done much visiting, so not too much news as of Feb. 19. We are glad to have Marilyn Stewart home and doing quite well.

In the end Team Silvernagle came up a little short at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts. The Silvernagle team lost 9-7 on Sunday to Ontario’s Rachel Homan in the semifinal game.

The Battlefords North Stars entered this weekend’s southeast road swing needing a sweep to keep alive any realistic hopes of winning the division. They got it.

A fight between the hamlet of Lone Rock and the RM of Wilton spilled over into a Battleford courtroom Wednesday, Feb. 20.

The Robyn Silvernagle team has been eliminated in the semifinals of the Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Sydney. Team Saskatchewan lost to Ontario and Rachel Homan 9-7 on Sunday, setting up an Alberta-Ontario final in the evening.

Submitted SIGA has once again earned a spot as a Top Saskatchewan Employer, awarded by Canada’s Top 100 Employers project.

Innovation Credit Union, for the second year in a row, has been selected as a recipient of the Employee Recommended Workplace Award by the Globe and Mail and Morneau Shepell.