Local Sports

Last week, the Regional Optimist reported the names of the North Saskatchewan River Baseball League MVP nominees, this week provides some insight as to why those 15 players were chosen from their peers and are in the running for the league honour.

Every hockey player, or athlete for that matter, has a special coach they will always remember as they move up the ranks of their sport.

They might be just teenagers, but they were representing their country on the weekend.

Six North Saskatchewan River Baseball League teams were in action Tuesday night and one team has earned a berth to the second round.

JULY 27 Senior Men's Soccer has four games lined up. At 5:45 p.m. Sweetgrass plays Sweetgrass Light at NBCHS and Young Little Pine plays Poundmaker at Centennial Field followed by the Little Pine Deuces against Thunderchild at 7:30 p.m.

There was rain, but it didn't drown out any games.Muenster hosted the Pee Wee A2 Provincial baseball tournament July 16-18, which attracted nine teams from across the province.

It was busy week of hockey for Eric Pfeifer and it is only July. Pfeifer was one of 40 players invited to the Sask First Hockey camp for five days of training and scouting.

As of Monday night, three of the four North Saskatchewan River Baseball League playoff series have started, all the provincial playoff series are completed and the representatives are set for the next step.

Three of the four NSRBL playoff series are started and the fourth kicks off tonight. Monday night, the Border City Blue Jays squeaked out a 2-1 win over the Lloydminster Junior Redhawks.

Aug. 21, Douglas Schultz of Watrous, one of Saskatchewan is most dedicated baseball personalities from over four decades will be inducted into the Saskatchewan Baseball Hall of Fame.