Local Sports

Many of the players on the North Battleford Comprehensive High School senior girls basketball team made the quick transition from volleyball to the hoops and it appears to paying off during the early portion of the season.

It was interesting to note that the first named team on each of the Nov. 27 draw for the New Horizon curling were the winners. So listing them as they were drawn - they are - Forester, Belyk, Guest, Lambie, Scott, Krismer and Horrell.

The Battlefords North Stars are not a team to make excuses, but an injured and ill roster made for a difficult two games against two Sherwood Conference teams.

The Northwest was active on the weekend and competitive in the provincial volleyball championships across the province.

The Maidstone Jets are the defending North Saskatchewan River Hockey League champions, but they remain winless through their first three games.

The Battlefords Bantam AA Barons are preparing for the final push of the season before the Christmas break, as they sit at 5-5-0 on the season. The Barons won their last game by a 7-4 score.

Sweet Provincial silver. That's the taste the Annaheim Rebels Senior Boys' volleyball team had in their mouths after the weekend.

It wasn't a good weekend for the Humboldt Broncos. The Junior A hockey team lost both of their games, one at home on Friday and another away on Saturday, to make it three losses in a row.

Four of the teams in the Saskatchewan Prairie Hockey League were in action on the weekend, as the season officially started for Cut Knife, Perdue, Hafford and Spiritwood.

As the Battlefords North Stars moved a game over .500, they held the seventh spot in the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League's Source Embroidery Power Rankings.