Local Sports

It was a hot day in the stands and on the field as North Battleford Beavers lit up the scoreboard in double-header action against the Regina Blue Jays in AA midget baseball action Sunday.

HCI grad Lindsey Larson has temporarily left behind the heat of El Paso, Texas, for Winnipeg to play volleyball with the B-team of Team Canada for the month of June.

The Humboldt Hammerheads swim team kicked off the summer competitive season with a very successful 2015 Invitational Spring Meet. “The Hammerheads swam very well this weekend,” Humboldt head coach Leisl Lefebvre wrote in an email interview.

The puck does not officially drop for the 2015-2016 Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League campaign until the Sept. 18-19 weekend. That does not mean that things are not happening with the local Humboldt Broncos.

When you’re a professional athlete, being named to the All-Star team doesn’t really amount to much.

The Saskatchewan Baseball Hall of Fame is proud to announce the induction of David Burke of Kindersley into the Saskatchewan Baseball Hall of Fame, Individual Category as a builder Saturday, Aug. 15.

Thanks to a pair of five-run innings the North Battleford Midget Beavers were able to sweep the Parkland Expos Sunday afternoon. They didn’t make it easy on themselves, however.

The 2015 CFL season is about to kickoff and all nine teams are lined up at the starter’s gate with identical 0-0 records. Savour this moment because everyone’s tied for first-place and optimism reigns supreme.

The North Battleford Beavers were looking to build off Sunday’s 14-10 win over the Macklin Lakers when the best team in the North Saskatchewan River Baseball League came to town. Blue Jays pitcher Steve Latos made sure that didn’t happen.

Around these parts, Kevin Kalthoff is a big name, but it seems his athletic prowess has spread province-wide.