Local Sports

Two high school senior girls' soccer teams battled it out in a regular season game on October 11.The Middle Lake Avengers hosted the Muenster Cougars in a close game that went to a shootout.

Make that a three-peat for the Huskies touch football team.

Four league championships, three provincial championships, and one Western championship - all won in one season by teams from one small town.

The Humboldt Broncos made it four wins in a row with a 2-0 victory over the visiting Estevan Bruins on October 12. This was the second time in two weeks that the Broncos and Bruins had faced off at the Elgar Petersen Arena.

There was no surprise again when the Flin Flon Bombers were named the Source Embroidery Power Rankings top team once again. The Bombers were 8-0-0-0 on the season and lost their first game Tuesday. That loss came in Yorkton, the second overall team.

The Battlefords Midget Stars faced the Saskatchewan Midget AAA Hockey League's top team on the weekend and battled to earn a split with the Moose Jaw Generals.

The Battlefords North Stars ended their 12-day break with three games in three nights. That is a long break for any hockey player, but for the newest North Star it was even longer.

The season was on the line Friday in Meadow Lake, as the John Paul II Crusaders played the Meadow Lake Carpenter High School Spartans in the final regular season of the Northwest Nine Man Football League. It was a win and you're in situation.

The Battlefords AAA Sharks played their first game on home ice Thursday, but it was the Prince Albert Bears that put on a show at Battleford Arena. The Sharks introduced their 2012-13 roster to local fans, but after that it was all Bears.

Despite the frigid temperatures, the North Battleford Comprehensive High School's cross-country running team competed at the Battle West District meet in Spiritwood Oct. 4.