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The Wayne Pruden Memorial Golf Tournament took place for the 17th straight year, and it still hasn't lost it's appeal. The tournament, put on by the Battlefords Union Hospital Foundation, sold out once again with 210 registered golfers.

The North Battleford Beavers are officially on a losing streak.

It was in Shane Nolin's genes to be a chuckwagon driver, and it showed in this weekend's Canadian Professional Chuckwagon Association event in North Battleford at the Battlefords Agricultural Society exhibition grounds.

2013 Saskatchewan Roughriders training camp opened on Sunday in Saskatoon with a pair of workouts and although there was just a smattering of fans on hand for the morning session, the stands at Griffiths Stadium were packed for the afternoon practice

Lindsay Reimer from Special Olympics Saskatchewan has been named the recipient of the Sask Sport Inc. April Athlete of the Month Award.

It started bad and ended the exact same way Wednesday night for the North Battleford Beavers in North Saskatchewan River Baseball League action.

In baseball action, the Marysburg Royals opened their season on May 23 with a 6-4 win over the Saskatoon Outlaws in Saskatoon.

The opening salvo of the track and field season saw Glenn Hall Park overrun with swarms of athletes from all across the region. They ran and jumped and threw. Some came first, some came last. Most were somewhere in the middle.

The Battlefords North Stars announced the team's head coach and general manager Kevin Hasselberg has been selected as an assistant coach for Team West in the 2014 World Under 17 Tournament in Cape Breton, N.S., Dec. 28 to Jan. 5.

Over the weekend, Hockey Canada made a monumental decision when it comes to the development of young hockey players and their safety.