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The Wilkie Outlaws were clearly in no mood to settle for just one title. That could be said about the Outlaws' 4-1 victory over St. Walburg Eagles to win their second straight North Saskatchewan River Hockey League title.

What a difference a week makes. A week earlier, the Battlefords looked like they had two potential champions in the making in the Battlefords North Stars and the midget AAA Stars.

Starting with the rookie of the year award won by Dustin McAleer and ending with the Sask West Hockey League playoffs' most valuable player trophy going to Cory Grant, a total of 11 awards were handed out at the Unity Miners' Awards Night March 28.

The host Battleford Volleyball Club Blaze won fifth place of Tier 3 at the 14U women's Subway Sask Cup No. 2 tournament held in North Battleford last weekend. The Blaze downed the Martensville Outerlimits 2-0 (25-19, 25-11) in the fifth place game.

Jake Erickson and Taylor Reich each scored a shorthanded goal in the first period as the Battlefords North Stars downed the Melville Millionaires 5-1 at the Horizon Credit Union Centre in game four of their SJHL semifinal series.

The Unity Miners' senior hockey season can be described as a surprise, because only two years ago this senior hockey team was nearly a write off.

History will record them as just two games, but that would be like calling a Picasso just a painting, or The Godfather just a movie, or To Kill a Mockingbird just a book.

One of the more active events at the annual Summer Sizzler event in Humboldt is the Sunday morning race, formerly known as The Red, White and Run.

The Battlefords North Stars are on the brink of elimination. The Melville Millionaires used a third-period comeback to beat the North Stars 5-2 Tuesday night at the Horizon Credit Union Centre in game three of their SJHL semifinal.

"He'd walk to every sporting event, even in -40 weather," Dennis Korte said of Elgar Petersen, famed Humboldt resident for his long association with the Humboldt Broncos hockey franchise.