Local Sports

Two of the eight teams in the Saskatchewan Prairie Hockey League are perfect heading into the Christmas break. The Battleford Beaver Blues are 4-0-0-0 on the season with their most recent wins coming by 14-4 and 13-4 scores.

It will be a tropical holiday for a group of girls from Humboldt. The Humboldt Basketball Club, consisting of nine girls from Humboldt and one from Outlook, will be headed to Hawaii from December 17 to January 4 to play basketball.

As the North Stars went into a bit of a slide in the past two weeks, they were left off the weekly Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League honours, however, their opponents were not. The SJHL player of the week was Flin Flon's Dillan McCombie.

A junior girls' basketball game between Muenster Cougar's and Watrous Wildcat's was held in Muenster on December 15. Watrous won the game 76-12.

There was a lot of puck movement, and not a lot of scoring, but the end result was another win for the Humboldt Broncos. The Broncos took on the Melfort Mustangs at the Elgar Petersen Arena in Humboldt on December 13.

It was a battle two nights running, but the Broncos emerged victorious from their trip north last week. The Humboldt Broncos travelled to LaRonge December 16 for a two-game series against the Ice Wolves.

The Battlefords Midget Stars have been playing much better hockey over the last month and it has showed as they earned their fourth straight weekend split.

December 21Battlefords North Stars host the Humboldt Broncos in SJHL action. Game time is 7:30 p.m. at the Civic Centre. December 21Saskatchewan Prairie Hockey League has the Battlefords Beaver Blues in Glaslyn for an 8 p.m. start.

The North Saskatchewan River Hockey League will break for a few days for Christmas, and for some teams that also marks the halfway point of their season. St. Walburg remains the class of the league at 11-0-0.

The Regional Optimist has closely followed the Battlefords North Stars for years and this could be one of the best seasons in a decade, or at least the first half.