Local Sports

There is plenty of speculation about who will go where and when in the 53rd NHL Entry Draft later this month. Humboldt’s Reid Gardiner is taking a very mature and pragmatic approach to the event that will be held in Sunrise, Fla. June 26-27.

After not practicing for a while, the 300 Club competition was a bit tough for 15-year-old Dylan Manderscheid, who still managed to walk out with a second place win.

The U16 Humboldt Hurricanes boys soccer team recently claimed the silver medals at the Harder Avalon Classic Tournament in Saskatoon.

North Battleford wants to build a new BMX facility and is seeking grant money from Kraft to make it happen. The City has a nomination in at Kraft Project Play for a BMX park.

Preseason pro football games are generally, in a word, weird. And the inaugural Northern Kickoff in Fort McMurray Saturday night between the Saskatchewan Roughriders and Edmonton Eskimos really was no different. In a way, it was weirder than most.

I won’t blame you if you read the headline and thought, “Who is Joseph Veleno?” Anyone who isn’t a big hockey fan, and even if you are one but don’t follow junior hockey you still might not know who Joseph Veleno is.

The Saskatchewan Provincial Track and Field Championships were held over the weekend in Yorkton with plenty of North West athletes attending. Notable local results were as follows.

It was an accomplishment for Humboldt’s Paige Crozon just to step on the court this past winter. The daughter of Leanne and Gary Crozon had her entire 2013-2014 basketball season at the University of Utah scuttled by an injury.

The Marysburg Royals senior baseball team kicked off its 2015 campaign with three wins and a loss last week. “It was a good first week of ball for us,” Royals representative Curtis Strueby wrote in an email.

In the inaugural Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League Draft, the Humboldt Broncos got their man in the first round – and then continued to add promising prospects.