Local Sports

To all those local ball players who played minor, junior and senior baseball against North Battleford's Andrew Albers, don't feel bad that you couldn't hit his pitches.

It took nine games, but the league-leading Rhinos were finally handed their first loss. North Battleford Touch Football League action resumed Tuesday at Beaver Lions Stadium and it was the Huskies improving to 7-1 on the season.

Two hundred skaters. One hundred coaches. Thirty officials. That's how many people involved in figure skating will be visiting Humboldt this winter, to compete in the 2013 Saskatchewan STARSkate Championships, hosted by Skate Humboldt.

Kurt Hauser of Pilger has got the triathlon bug.

The Battlefords Midget Stars ended the pre-season with a 2-3 record and with some excitement heading into the 2012-13 regular season in the Saskatchewan Midget AAA Hockey League, which starts this weekend.

The weather often has an effect on the end of the golf season and fortunately for the North Battleford Golf and Country Club it was a positive effect this season.

The Saskatchewan Midget AAA Hockey League's pre-season continued for the Battlefords Midget Stars at home against the Saskatoon Blazers Thursday.

It was a tale of two different Battlefords North Stars teams during their opening weekend of the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League's regular season. The North Stars started the season in Kindersley Friday.

The North Battleford Comprehensive High School Vikings' offence was held off the board through the first two weeks of the senior football season. That changed in week three against Marion Graham in Saskatoon.

The Battlefords North Stars started the 2012-13 Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League season with a Friday and Saturday home-and-home with their geographical rivals from Kindersley.