Local Sports

When Cullen Bounds and Samantha Meyer first arrived at the University of Texas campus in Austin to start their studies, they were both taken by surprise by a booth promoting a charity bicycle tour to Alaska.

The North Battleford Midget AA Beavers hope to capitalize on their home field advantage this weekend.

It's taken a little bit of time to get everything off the ground. But after five years in Centennial Park and four years of play at Fort Battleford, the Battlefords Community Disc Golf Club feel like they have a solid footing in the region.

I'm still in the middle of unpacking my life out of boxes but I guess I should take some time to introduce myself. My name is Lucas Punkari and I'm your new sports reporter here for The Battlefords News-Optimist.

The top eight teams in the North Saskatchewan River Baseball League are ready to battle it out for the 2016 league championship as the playoffs begin tonight.

Tuesday was supposed to be the Saskatchewan Premier Midget AA Baseball League regular season finale for the North Battleford Beavers. Instead, Mother Nature had other ideas.

Three members of the Battlefords Kinsmen Orcas Swim Club made their way to Regina over the weekend for the 2016 Man/Sask Championships.

The Texas 4000 charity bicycle tour will be coming through The Battlefords once again Monday.

It was a successful week for the host Rivers West District at this year's Saskatchewan 55+ Games in North Battleford.

U12 B girls' softball