Local Sports

A wealth of Humboldt athletes were recognized at the City of Humboldt's Awards Recognition ceremony for 2011 on January 20.

It was a busy week for basketball. The Three Lakes School Avengers senior boys' basketball team first played a game against Lake Lenore Lancers on January 18. The Lancers won the game 86-82.

The official opening ceremonies and the first draw of the SaskPower Scotties Tournament of Hearts Women's Provincial Curling Championships were held the evening of January 25.

Local teams have slid their best foot forward on curling sheets across the province and clashed with some of the best teams Saskatchewan has to offer.

Over the weekend, the Melfort Mustangs managed to do what no other team in the SJHL has been able to do since the end of November - beat the Humboldt Broncos.

It was a back and forth battle between the Battlefords North Stars and Melville Millionaires Tuesday, but it was Brody Luhning's overtime winner that sent the North Stars and their fans home happy.

He's part of the Bronze Medal winning team. Reid Gardiner of Humboldt played with the Team Canada hockey team in the 2012 Youth Olympics from January 13-22 in Innsbruck, Austria, the team that won a bronze medal.

Wednesday, the SPHL league executive held a special meeting and issued a deadline of Friday for the Saulteaux 3 Stars to pay their fines for missing meetings and using an ineligible player last weekend among other things.

In the first draw of the SaskPower Scotties Tournament of Hearts Women's Provincial Curling Championships, the Sivernagle rink (in purple) of Meadow Lake took on the Gillies rink (in white) out of Kerrobert.

The last two games in which the Battlefords Midget Stars have earned at least a point has come against the two best teams in the Saskatchewan Midget AAA Hockey League. Go figure.