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The Battlefords AAA Stars are in the driver's seat of their best-of-five SMAAAHL playoff series against the Saskatoon Contacts. The Stars won the first two games of the series to push the Contacts to the brink of elimination.

KINDERSLEY - The Battlefords North Stars are the 2013-14 Kramer Division champions.

The Lloyd Carriere team may have been the last ones off the ice Feb. 27, but they remain first in the standings of the Canadian Tire Thursday Night Open League at the Northland Power Curling Centre.

Up until this point, there has not been a tie game chalked up by the New Horizons in this spring session. It finally happened Feb. 25. On sheet one, it was take one, add two and then give up four twos in a row.

The Regina Rebels took a 2-0 lead in their best-of-five series with a 4-0 win over the Battlefords AAA Sharks at the Battleford Arena Thursday night. Early in the game, the Sharks turned the puck over to Andie Wilyman as they were leaving the zone.

Two of the Battlefords auto dealers are back into a virtual tie for top stop in the Twin Rivers Curling Club Wednesday Night Business League. The North Battleford Hyundai team won their game Feb.

Emma Waldenberger's overtime goal gave the Regina Rebels a 4-3 win over the Battlefords AAA Sharks in game one of their SFMAAAHL quarterfinal playoff series Wednesday night at the Co-operators Centre. The Rebels are up 1-0 in the best-of-five series.

The two-time defending SPHL champions were dethroned Tuesday night in Cut Knife. The Colts, who finished in first place in the regular season, swept the Battleford Beaver Blues with a 7-3 victory over the reigning champions.

Scoring has been an issue for the Humboldt Broncos all season, an Achilles heel that has long been turning potential wins into losses. That changed on Feb. 18 - for at least one night - when the Broncos traveled to La Ronge.

Lyndon Rush's Olympics are over and unfortunately for the 33-year-old, he'll be coming home without a medal.