Local Sports

North Battleford has quietly bowed out of the running for the 2016 Saskatchewan Summer Games. There had been preliminary interest expressed in the games by North Battleford city council earlier this year.

UCHS 2013 graduate, Justin Wood is currently attending Lethbridge College where he plays on an eight player golf team. In each competition there are five players on the "team" and the other three compete individually.

The Battlefords Rubby Rollers won their second roller derby bout in a row Saturday night with a big victory over the Weyburn/Estevan Hillbilly Hurt.

Notes from the past two weeks in high school sports: The HCI boys soccer team fell to Muenster by a score of 1-0 on Oct.

The Montreal Canadiens are coming to Humboldt - well, sort of. On Oct. 27 the Elgar Petersen Arena will play host to a game between Canadiens alumni and a team of locals. It will be the first ever game of its type to be held in Humboldt.

After a two-week break, the Battlefords Sharks ran into a tough matchup against the Prince Albert A&W Bears Saturday and couldn't shutdown their high-powered offence.

The Roughriders escaped with a 14-9 win over the lowly Edmonton Eskimos on Saturday, improving their record to 10-5 and keeping the hope of a home playoff game alive if they can beat the Lions next week.

Two of the most penalized teams in the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League took to the ice Friday in Nipawin and it resulted in the Battlefords North Stars earning their third win of the season by a score of 6-2.

One former and one current member of the Battlefords Sharks are gearing up for top-notch competition this winter.

The John Paul II Collegiate Crusaders fielded a young football team this year and were able to compete game in and game out, which head coach Bruce Yockey believes will translate to a stronger 2014 season.