Local Sports

In the morning draw for the New Horizons Feb. 12 it was Korpach against Wisner on the first sheet.The game was 3-3 after five, but then Korpach gave up steals on six and seven and was three down coming home.

The last time the Battlefords Midget Stars played in the Saskatchewan Midget AAA Hockey League's playoffs most of the current players had not even started body contact hockey.

February 15 1932 - United States bobsled team member Eddie Eagan becomes the first athlete to win gold in both the Summer and Winter Olympics Games. He was gold in boxing in 1920. 1990 - Major League Baseball's owner lock out players.

Of the eight Saskatchewan Prairie Hockey League teams, two have been eliminated and two have punched their tickets to the semi finals while four are still fighting to get through the first round.

It was an amazing day for skiing. The Carlton Trail Ski Club held its annual Valentine's Loppet at the Dixon Ski Trails on February 9.

The Maidstone Jets won just six games all season and faced the Meadow Lake Stampeders in the first round of North Saskatchewan River Hockey League playoffs.

The Humboldt Broncos redeemed themselves Tuesday, February 5 when they hosted and defeated the visiting Nipawin Hawks 3-1 at the Elgar Petersen Arena.

Lake Lenore School was the setting for the hugely competitive Lake Lenore Invitational senior girls' basketball tournament February 8-9.

Five Humboldt and area high school curling teams travelled to Strasbourg Friday, February 8 and Saturday, February 9 for the Horizon School Division's District Championships. Six teams, of which two were local, competed in the mixed competition.

Less than two weeks remain in the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League's regular season schedule and playoffs are starting to take shape.