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The Battleford AAA Sharks hosted Swift Current on the weekend and had some stellar goaltending and defence, but the offence couldn't execute.

"We had a four game win streak coming in and we had a chance to prove that we haven't played our best up to this point," said Connor Creech after the Battlefords North Stars beat the Flin Flon Bombers for the first time this season.

As the weather changed the sports moved from outdoors to indoors and one of the busy places in the community is the North Battleford Bowlarena, whether for recreational or competitive bowling.

Before the Battlefords North Stars they took the ice against Flin Flon they announced another transaction. The North Stars traded 20-year-old forward Justin Waskewitch to the OCN Blizzard of the Manitoba Junior Hockey League.

It was a mix of rookies and veterans chipping in offensively for the Battlefords North Stars on the weekend when they earned two wins against Bauer Conference teams.

This weekend, not only did the Battlefords Midget Stars earn two more wins, but they were able to cross one of their season goals off the list. That goal being: make it to the famous Mac's Midget AAA World Invitational Tournament in Calgary.

Troy Harms has been involved in curling from a young age and continues to enjoy the sport in the Battlefords, but the next major event to make curling memories for the John Paul II student won't be his own curling.

The New Horizons curled again Nov. 20 and it will come as no surprise to read that Forester, Rogers and Hagen were winners. Then also were Gregoire, Krismer and Raycraft; each having won half their games so far in the season.

This fall the Battlefords Scuba Community was the recipient of a significant gift from one of its members. Darren Erbach of Fisher Drugs presented the club with an Automated External Defibrillator.

The new Battlefords Co-op Aquatic Centre was put to full use over the weekend with the Marnie Eistetter Synchronized Swimming Figures Meet. The provincial Figures Meet was Sunday while a Figures Camp was held Saturday at the new Aquatic Centre.