Local Sports

The Battle River Archery Club's Indoor 3D Shoot over the weekend of March 24 and 25 was the first to be held in their new facility, the former curling rink in Battleford.

It was a fun tournament, but serious play.

Many local teams headed off to HOOPLA in Saskatoon last weekend and a couple came back with medals. The Three Lakes School 1A Girls' basketball team came home from the provincial tournament March 22-23 with a silver medal.

The 90th annual Men's Open Bonspiel held in North Battleford March 21 to 24 attracted 28 rinks with the top prize going to a local rink skipped by Barry Massett.

The Humboldt Broncos shoved a couple of wins into their back pocket over the weekend, as they faced the Flin Flon Bombers in the first two games of the Northern conference final.

Freshman forward Bryce Gervais and the Minnesota State University Mavericks hockey team played in front of 15,971 fans at the Xcel Energy Centre March 21. The reason was the 2013 Red Baron WCHA Final Five game.

The final competitive minor hockey game in the Battlefords was played Sunday at Don Ross Arena. The Battlefords Bantam A Barons hosted Yorkton in the provincial final. Sunday's game was an evenly-matched, hardworking game ending in a 4-4.

Both Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League series were 2-1 in favour of the higher seed after three games.

The University of Alaska Anchorage Seawolves' season came to an end March 16 when they were eliminated from the playoffs by St. Cloud State.

Few players get to wear the Team Canada red as a baseball player and the number of small-town Saskatchewan baseball players is just a tiny fraction of that.