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The Late Rupert Earl Talbot, from Canwood, will be inducted posthumously into the individual category of the Saskatchewan Baseball Hall of Fame as a player Aug. 17. He was born March 17, 1898 in Quebec. He moved to Saskatoon when he was 14.

The Saskatchewan Roughriders Football Club, SaskEnergy and Canadian Blood Services hit the practice field at University of Saskatchewan Griffiths Stadium today to kick off Bleed Green season four.

Anyone licking their chops at the possibility of a UFC or other form of mixed martial arts event coming to Saskatchewan after Wednesday's House of Commons ruling will likely be disappointed.

Kids in Grades 7-12 will have the chance to improve their volleyball skills this weekend at the NationsWEST Field House.

If there's one thing the Marysburg Royals have proven they can do consistently, it's to play close games.

After only one year at the Badlands Baseball Academy in Oyen, Alta., Grade 11 student, Rhett Feser of Unity, has made a name for himself. In the Badgers' Facebook page newsfeed, reviews on Rhett's performance have been outstanding.

It was another notch on the belt for Humboldt's Olympian. Brianne Theisen narrowly won the women's heptathlon event at the prestigious Hypo Meeting in Austria on May 26.

The season is still months away, but North Battleford Comprehensive High School football coach Jamie Sommerfeld is already getting his team prepared for the 2013-14 campaign.

H. Hardcastle School hosted the conference track and field meet May 22 and 23. The meet included students from HHS, St. Walburg, Paradise Hill, Turtleford, Glaslyn and Thunderchild. The results are as follows.

The Battleford Midget Bandits needed just a single inning's worth of offence to take down the Survivors Wednesday night at the Battleford flats. The Battlefords Ladies' Fastball League game got off to a quick start.