Local Sports

The Saskatchewan High School Athletic Association (SHAA) provincial badminton championships were held in Warman on May 10.

Like many testosterone-addled teenagers, Curtis Klashinsky used to arm wrestle his buddies.

It's just two months away but volunteers are still needed.

The Battlefords North Stars have announced they will be searching for a new athletic therapist and equipment manager in the off-season. After two seasons serving in that capacity, Michelle Beatty will not be returning for the 2014-15 season.

Kermit the Frog debuted the song It's Not Easy Being Green in 1970, in which he laments the fact his skin is the "colour of the leaves." He also says being green allows him to blend in with "so many ordinary things.

The cold weather was par for the course for the beginning of May, but it didn't seem to put too much of a damper on the opening classes of the North Battleford Golf and Country Club Junior Golf Program.

The Battlefords Bears basketball team travelled to Saskatoon and came home with a gold medal. The Bears entered the Under 13 Div II girls' division of the Saskatoon Slam last weekend and downed the Regina Cougars 44-33 in the gold medal game.

St. Peter's College in Muenster was again the host site for the Kelly Bates Football Camp, a two-day event that drew over 100 high school football players from across the province.

The Battleford Volleyball Club Fusion and the Edam Prairie Storm both medaled at the Conexus Provincial Championship last weekend in Saskatoon and Warman. The BVC Fusion won the Tier 3 gold medal game in the 15U women's tournament.

The Battlefords Union Hospital Foundation hosted the kick-off for the 18th annual Wayne Pruden Memorial Golf Tournament Wednesday morning.