Local Sports

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.

Last week's track meet at North Battleford Comprehensive High School determined the list of athletes from the Battle West District headed to Moose Jaw for Friday and Saturday's provincial competition.

Along with the numerous students from North Battleford on their way to provincials this weekend in Moose Jaw are students from throughout the Battle West District.

The Battlefords North Stars have announced Connor Creech has committed to join the Plattsburgh Cardinals who are a member of the NCAA Division III State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC).