Local Sports

It had to end sometime. Tyler Fuhr stopped 35 of 36 shots as the La Ronge Ice Wolves ended Battlefords' eight-game winning streak by beating the North Stars 2-1 at the Civic Centre Sunday night.

The Battlefords Midget AAA Stars hosted the Tisdale Trojans for two games at the Civic Centre last weekend. The teams split the games. The Stars won 5-2 Saturday afternoon, while the Trojans beat Battlefords 5-4 Sunday.

The Wilkie Outlaws climbed to the top of the NSRHL last weekend with two wins on the road against the Meadow Lake Stampeders. Wilkie (5-0) opened the weekend with a 3-1 win Saturday night. Kyle Wagner had a goal and an assist for the Outlaws.

The Battleford Midget AA Barons extended their winning streak to five last weekend after winning all three games played in the CFHL. Battleford started the weekend with a win on the road in Turtleford, beating the Midwest Redwings 3-2 Friday night.

The Meota Combines won their first SPHL game Sunday night, beating the Glaslyn North Stars 6-2 at the Civic Centre. The Combines opened the scoring in the first period on Al Howat's first goal of the season.

The Battlefords North Stars continued their momentum from November into December, coming from two goals down in the third period to beat the Mustangs 3-2 in Melfort Wednesday night.

The Humboldt Broncos are making a habit of late comebacks. They notched a come-from-behind win for the third time in six games when Gray Marr scored an overtime winner for a 3-2 win against the Kindersley Klippers on Nov.

The Humboldt Broncos have pulled off a midseason trade in hopes of improving their sometimes-anemic offence, trading defenceman Cody Pettapiece to the Weyburn Red Wings for forward Kyle Oleniuk. The trade was announced on Nov. 27.

After eight years in existence, the Humboldt Paintball Sports Club is going the way of the dodo.

The Saskatchewan Baseball Hall of Fame is accepting nominations for the Class of 2014. The deadline for nominations is midnight, March 15, 2014.