Local Sports

Futuristic Industries held their annual curling bonspiel for their clients with volunteers and members of the Humboldt Seniors' Club on March 21 at the Humboldt Curling Club.

Eight young men who live and breathe soccer have taken their game to the world stage in Regina.

Once again, they took it in five. The Humboldt Broncos finished their Northern Conference final series against the Flin Flon Bombers with a 2-1 win in Game 5 on March 29. Like all games in this series, the last was close.

The competition part of the 2012-13 Saskatchewan Cheerleading Association season came to an end March 23 and 24 with the provincial competition.

In his final season with the Battlefords North Stars Blake Tatchell won the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League's Most Valuable Player Award. Tatchell was also the North Stars' MVP last season and he now has another MVP award to add to his trophy case.

On his own territory, at Blue Mountain Outdoor Adventure Centre, Matthew Hudec finished first in the youth men biathlon at the Western Canadian Championships.

After one of the most successful Battlefords Midget Stars' season in recent memory the team definitely had many things to be proud of as the program moves forward.

The New Horizons brought curling to a close March 26 when they held a mini-money spiel with everyone playing a minimum of three games. No one came away rich, nor was there anyone destitute when the last rock was thrown.

March 28 1973 - Basketball great Wilt Chamberlain plays his final National Basketball Association game. He retired with 31,419 career regular season points in 1,045 games.

Northwest Saskatchewan sent several players to both the midget and female midget zone camps in Regina on the weekend and all the players at the tournament impressed, as most were looking to catch the eyes of the scouts.