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Coby Downs already knows what to expect from playing with the Battlefords North Stars. Ben Allen is still getting used to the world of Junior A hockey.

The Battleford Sharks finally got a chance to begin their regular season this weekend. Unfortunately for them, they weren’t able to come away with their first win of the campaign along the way.

Given what happened to them a week earlier, the Battleford Midget AA Barons can view their second game of the 2016-17 Centre Four Hockey Leauge campaign as a massive improvement. After being shut out 7-0 by the Saskatoon Screaming Eagles on Oct.

After an early October snow-storm hit the area and forced the Horizon Central Athletic Association District Cross-Country Championship to be postponed, the meet finally took place on Oct. 11 in snowy, cold conditions at Rowan’s Ravine in Strasbourg.

The 2015-16 season was a memorable one for the Saskatchewan Huskies men’s hockey program, as they won their 15th Canada West conference championship and their first title in four years.

The Battlefords North Stars were the last team to score double digit goals in a Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League game when they picked up a 10-3 win on Feb. 3 at home against the Notre Dame Hounds.

The John Paul II Crusaders were able to snap a three-game losing skid Friday. They did so in some of the wildest weather that any high school football will ever face.

Two weeks ago, the North Battleford Comprehensive High School Vikings football team suffered their first loss of the season to the Marion Graham Falcons by a score of 30-7 in Saskatoon. They now have a chance to exact some revenge in the playoffs.

With five games completed in the Saskatchewan Midget AAA Hockey League regular season, Battlefords AAA Stars head coach Jean Fauchon has a good read on what his team needs to work on.

The Humboldt Broncos winning streak was snapped at four games this week but thanks to a 1-0-1 week the Broncos have picked up points in nine of their ten games so far this season and remain in top spot in the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League standin