Local Sports

Running has become a lifestyle for local resident Brian Graw. He has run in marathons in Saskatoon and Regina, others across the country and perhaps the most notable marathon of them all - the Boston Marathon.

As one opportunity ends behind them, another door opens for graduating Battlefords AAA Sharks Taylor Durocher and Shania Rhinehart.

Andrew Albers knew this season playing at the AAA level in the Minnesota Twins' organization was a possibility, but he expected to start where he finished last season.

April 4 1974 - Hank Aaron tied Babe Ruth's Major League Baseball home run record with his 714th. He would pass the record four days later. 1994 - Chicago Cub Karl Rhodes hits three home runs on opening day.

The outdoor track and field season is coming up quickly, but before that some local athletes competed indoors in Saskatoon.

The Minnesota State Mavericks season came to an end Saturday, as they fell 4-0 to the fifth ranked Miami RedHawks.

Many of the players on the West Central Wheat Kings female midget roster knew that this season had the potential to be special. The core group of players won a league title two seasons ago and they were looking to do that and more this season.

30-1-1 is a number sequence that might not mean anything to the average person, but it was significant for each member and coach of the Unity Lazers Midget A team.

They lost one game, but didn't allow a tie The Humboldt Broncos went north to Flin Flon for Games 3 and 4 of the Northern Conference final on March 26-27. Up 2-0 in the series, the Broncos had to win both games to clinch it in four.

The Humboldt Broncos have done it again. The class of the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League have earned a berth in the league's Canalta Cup final after a 4-1 series win over the Flin Flon Bombers.