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The Battlefords North Stars are still alive in the race for the Kramer Division after the Kindersley Klippers lost 4-3 in a shootout to the Humboldt Broncos Tuesday night.

Battlefords North Stars goaltender Darren Martin was named the SJHL's goaltender of the week for the period ending Feb. 23.

Even though the school break reduced the number of teams curling in the Canadian Tire Thursday Night Open League at the Northland Power Curling Centre, the Lloyd Carriere team continued its winning ways Feb.

The Rivers West district finished the 2014 Saskatchewan Winter Games with a strong final three days. In the second half of the week, Rivers West won 11 gold, 13 silver, and 10 bronze medals to bring their total to 67 for the competition.

When you scanned the scoreboards at the curling rink after the first end, there were nothing but twos and threes.The New Horizons were starting the second half of the spring season Feb.

The Battlefords North Stars kept their hopes of winning the Kramer Division alive with three road wins in three nights last weekend. Battlefords sit two points behind the Kindersley Klippers in the division standings.

The Battlefords AAA Stars wrapped up their finest regular season in years this weekend with a sweep of the Notre Dame Hounds. Going into the final weekend the Hounds needed a sweep of their own in order to stay in the playoff race in the SMAAAHL.

The Battleford Beaver Blues season hangs in the balance after dropping the first two games of their SPHL semifinal series against the Cut Knife Colts.

Skate Battlefords will host three skating events to end their season before the end of March. The first event is the Region 13 Invitational Competition Feb. 22-23 at the Don Ross Arena.

Jessica Sibley of Luseland, attending Syracuse University in the United States on a hockey scholarship, has now twice been named Rookie of the Week by College Hockey America. Eighteen-year-old Sibley has always loved hockey.