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Every year, the last Canadian team in the Stanley Cup playoffs gets adopted as Canada's unofficial team. Once their team is eliminated, Canadian fans are expected to throw all of their support behind the last man standing.

New board members were selected at the Battlefords Minor Hockey Association annual general meeting Wednesday night. Jason Teniuk was named as the new president of the BMHA for a two-year term, taking over for Dean Dimmick.

"I love derby," chanted everyone at the Battlefords Roller Derby League's practice Monday evening at the Northland Power Curling Centre. "I am part of a team. I am faster, I am stronger, I am crazier than those that don't.

Former Battlefords North Stars goaltender Michael Gudmandson was selected as one of the six finalists for the CJHL most valuable player award.

The village of Muenster will be inducted into the Saskatchewan Baseball Hall of Fame in the community category Aug. 16 in Battleford. In July of 1906, Muenster had their first ever town picnic.

North Battleford's Cody Coverchuk rode Snake Eyes to a first place finish at the 44th annual Kinsmen Indoor Rodeo inside the Civic Centre last weekend.

LASHBURN - The Lashburn Curling Club is set to host the second annual Prairie Bog Jog June 7. The event is a five-kilometre course with a variety of challenging obstacles designed to provide participants with an afternoon full of fun.

The Edam North West Fury won the 16U men's bronze medal at the Conexus Provincial Volleyball Championship last weekend in Saskatoon and Warman.

Three teenage baseball players from Muenster recently spent a week in Arizona in hopes of playing for Team Saskatchewan at this summer's Baseball Canada Cup.

"So gambling makes a good thing even better." These words of wisdom are from Lisa Simpson during an episode of The Simpsons when Homer rode her ability to correctly pick football games.