Local Sports

Englefeld and area football fans will have a local boy to cheer for this fall when Ty Nordick dons the uniform of the University of Regina Rams football club. The Rams compete in the Canadian Inter-university Sport league Canada West division.

The Horizon School Division 2013 Junior Curling District Championships were held February 1 and 2 at the Humboldt Curling Club.

The St. Walburg Eagles had a clean sweep of the regular season awards, as they were the regular season champions with a 15-2-1 record and earned a first round bye in the playoffs.

The Battlefords North Stars clinched a playoff spot with a Tuesday night win at the Civic Centre over the La Ronge Ice Wolves. The 5-2 win also snapped a three-game losing streak for the North Stars.

Two of the eight teams in the Saskatchewan Prairie Hockey League have hoisted the championship trophy and now the battle for the 2012-13 winner is set to begin. The SPHL playoffs start Friday with all eight teams in action.

The final match of the regular season between the top two teams in the SJHL's North Division hit the ice Friday night when the Humboldt Broncos hosted the Flin Flon Bombers at the Elgar Petersen Arena.

Horizon School Division senior curling teams are in the thick of playoffs as teams compete for a berth in this weekend's district championships in Strasbourg. The A-side and B-side winners from each event advance to Districts.

The Battlefords AAA Sharks hosted the Saskatoon Stars Tuesday at Battleford Arena and were looking to snap their scoreless streak. The Sharks did that with an early third period goal by Taylor Durocher.

Several Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League teams have locked in their spot in the standings and have anywhere from nine to five games remaining in the regular season.

It wasn't the nicest of days but that didn't stop all the New Horizons from showing up to curl on the lastTuesday in January. Those from out-of-town were the first there, some not knowing if they would get back home.