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The Battlefords Midget Stars wrapped up the 2014-15 season with their annual awards banquet May 2.

The Humboldt Collegiate Institute junior boys badminton team displayed its depth at a home doubles tournament on April 23. The double team of Dylan Larson and Rylan Marianchuk finished second.

The warm weather is coming in and with it, Humboldt’s slo-pitch league. This year the league will be split up into two: spring and summer leagues, due to difficulty getting the available ball diamonds.

Buzzing around the Elgar Petersen Arena ice last weekend were a number of players who hope to factor into the future of the Humboldt Broncos. The Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League team held its annual spring camp April 25-27.

As I write this, there is a chance that I’m going to go 6-for-8 in my first round playoff predictions. The Lightning and Red Wings don’t play game seven until Wednesday night, so I can’t officially count that towards my tally.

Alex Pernitsky decided to play his junior hockey in the Alberta Junior Hockey League instead of staying at home in Saskatchewan. Looks like it paid off.

Justin Wood, who saw massive success in his college golf aspirations with the Lethbridge College Kodiaks, has accepted a spot on the Division II golf team at the University of Monetevallo in Alabama.

While browsing Twitter late last week, I was shocked to see reports that Josh Hamilton was to be traded to the Texas Rangers in the next few days.

The John Paul II Crusaders Cheerleading Team put on an excellent performance, bringing home a first place win from the All-Star Cheer Extravaganza at the Shaw Centre in Edmonton recently.

Saturday the fate of the Edmonton Oilers franchise was drastically altered as it was announced they had won the 2015 NHL draft lottery, giving them the first overall pick in June’s draft. Stop me if you’ve heard that before.