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It was a lengthy search but the Battlefords Midget Stars now know who will be behind the bench this winter.

Other than an unintentional roll into the dirt on a fielding play, Wilkie Brewers pitcher David Schell was locked in Tuesday night.

They took the long way to get there.

Winning a medal at the Saskatchewan Summer Games is not easy. Despite his great accomplishment, 13-year-old triathlete Reece Gilbert of Unity was just as excited to be part of the event as he was with picking up a bronze medal.

Personally speaking, I'm more into college football and you'll hear a lot about my passion for that in the coming weeks.

After six days of competition the 2016 Saskatchewan Summer Games have come to an end. The games ran from Jul. 24 to Jul. 30 in Estevan with athletes from across the province competing in 13 different sports.

With the loss in the provincial championship game the Humboldt Midget AA Dodgers season came to a close and what a season it was.

The Saskatchewan Baseball Hall of Fame is proud to announce the selection of Laurence Woodard of Weyburn into the Saskatchewan Baseball Hall of Fame, Individual Category, Player and Builder on Aug. 20 in Battleford.

Since it's now August we can finally start to really focus on the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Okay I guess we already have focused on that in recent months, but it's been on everything other than games.

The North Battleford Beavers Midget AA team will have an interesting challenge on their hands on Thursday night.