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The Edam Royals hosted the junior boys NWSD district volleyball playoffs, Oct. 27. There were eight teams which qualified for the district playoffs after competing in their division playoffs. The teams were divided into two pools of four teams.

He was drafted 13th overall in the 2009 Western Hockey League's bantam draft by the Kootenay Ice and now Colby Cave is one of the top players with the Swift Current Broncos.

It was a busy weekend of volleyball across the province and this weekend will be more of the same.

It was a great ending for Canada. The Canada West team won the silver medal in the World Junior A Challenge this weekend. The tournament was a great one for the team, which was led by Humboldt's own Dean Brockman as head coach.

The Battlefords North Stars had some unfamiliar faces in their lineup Wednesday night, as they travelled to Melfort to face the Mustangs, a Bauer Conference rival.

Is four wins in a row enough to call a streak?If so, the Broncos are on another one.

Despite injuries and illnesses that have the Battlefords North Stars over the weekend of Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League action, they earned a split on a difficult northern road trip. Friday in Flin Flon, the North Stars fell 3-1 to the Bombers.

Flin Flon is tough to beat. That's what the Broncos found on Wednesday night, when they faced the Manitoba team for the second time in a week. In their first contest on October 27 in Flin Flon, the Bombers won 4-0.

The team from Wakaw was named the Junior Boys' Volleyball District Champion at the district tournament held November 3 at Humboldt Public School.

It's bigger than ever.There are over 200 youth on Humboldt Minor Hockey (HMH) teams this year, reported HMH president Kelsey Lindal.