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Some of Western Canada's best fastball will be contested at the Flats in Battleford over the long weekend. The Battleford Minor Softball Association will host the 2014 Western Canadian Under 18 Fastball Championships Aug. 1-4.

Enjoying an active, healthy lifestyle at age 90 is an accomplishment in itself. Winning a silver medal in provincial golf and advancing to national golf championships is an amazing feat. Unity resident, J.P.

Kevin Ritchie of Wilcox has been chosen for induction into the Saskatchewan Baseball Hall of Fame as a player and builder. The ceremony will take place Saturday, Aug. 16 at the Alex Dillabough Centre in Battleford. Ritchie was born Sept.

There will be a local flavour to the upcoming High Impact Wrestling show at the Western Development Museum.

A night after falling behind in their best-of-three series with the Border City Blue Jays, the North Battleford Beavers evened up the series with a 3-0 win Tuesday night at Beaver Lions Stadium.

The Lloydminster Twins are one step closer to their fifth straight NSRBL championship. The Twins swept their best-of-three series with the Mervin Flyers to advance to the second round.

by KELLY FRIESEN Journal editor Humboldt native Brianne Hergott suited up with the best of the best in U17 girls basketball. The HCI Mohawk played for the U17 Team Sask.

New Horizons had 30 golfers show up for their July 14 round on a warm, sunny day. The team of John Chomyn, Hank Nickel and Gordon Johnson finished first with a 1-under-par 35.

The Battlefords North Stars continued their busy off-season with another trade Saturday afternoon.

For the sixth year in a row, Saskatchewan race fans flocked to Auto Clearing Motor Speedway for the annual mid-week stop on the NASCAR Canadian Tire series. And this year they saw a new champion as L.P. Dumoulin of Trois-Rivieres, Que.