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It might not be the best kept secret but nonetheless it’s exciting news, whether you are hearing it for the first time or the second. The Montreal Canadien alumni team is coming to Unity Nov. 27, to play a team from town.

The Saskatchewan Baseball Hall of Fame is proud to announce the induction of Bob Armstrong of Saskatoon into the Saskatchewan Baseball Hall of Fame, Individual Category, as a player/builder Saturday, Aug. 15 in Battleford.

For the second time in his career, North Battleford’s Andrew Albers has won a gold medal at the Pan Am Games. Sunday night in Ajax, Ont.

Hopefully you didn’t come here to find answers for the Saskatchewan Roughriders’ 0-4 start to the 2015 CFL season. Because today, I got nothing.

The Saskatchewan Baseball Hall of Fameis pleased to announce the induction, posthumously, of the late Sharon Lee Hogg of Swift Current into the Saskatchewan Baseball Hall of Fame,IndividualCategory, as a builder on Saturday, Aug. 15 in Battleford.

Going undrafted into the NHL can be devastating for an up and coming player. For goaltender Rylan Toth, having no expectations helped ease the pain. “I watched the whole thing, but I was pretty sure I wasn’t going to go,” admitted Toth.

The summer sport camps have started up in Humboldt again, with six choices of sports for kids to participate in.

Hammerheads in Assiniboia The Humboldt Hammerheads were on a southern road trip this weekend, with stops in Assiniboia on July 11, and Weyburn on July 12. The weather caused both meets to be cancelled before all the events were finished.

UNITY — Unity will be hosting fastball and baseball provincials the weekend of July 17. Teams will be in town vying for supremacy in bantam A baseball and junior B ladies’ fastball.

There was little on the line in the last game of the regular season for the North Battleford Beavers against the Unity Cardinals Friday night. It ended up a roller coaster affair, with the Beavers up, then down, then up again with a 10-8 final score.