Local Sports

Blake Robertson had a year like no other - besides playing on the Battlefords Bantam AA Barons hockey team in the winter, he accomplished successes in another sport he loves - baseball.

The high school football season is underway this week, and although the players don't need any extra motivation to play the game, the success of a former North Battleford Comprehensive High School Viking may help them focus on a goal in football.

Kelsey Wildeman has always been involved in sport whether it was hockey, badminton, volleyball or track and field, but the softball field was one of her favourite places and in her Unity Minor Ball days she garnered much success.

A fresh start is what is expected of Martin Smith and the Battlefords Midget Stars. The Stars held training camp on the weekend at the Civic Centre with nearly 90 players competing for roster spots.

Long-time softball player, Jana Sittler, was part of 2012's championship winning team, Carnduff Steelers, as they captured the Senior B Women's Western Canadian Championship in Abbotsford, British Columbia.

Football season has begun. The Humboldt Collegiate Institute (HCI) Mohawks nine-man football team started to practise on August 27, a week before school was scheduled to start. "We are underway," said coach Shaun Gardiner.

What do you get when you combine over 100 young hockey players with an ice surface, six junior A players and two talented coaches? A good time on the ice in August.

Horsemanship expert Bob Kaufman of Irvine, Alberta was in Humboldt over the long weekend to conduct a horse clinic with the Humboldt Horse Club.

The Marysburg Royals played their last game of the season on August 28 in Saskatoon. It was Game 4 of the best -of-five Saskatoon Senior Baseball League final series against the Saskatoon Stallions.

The Huskies undefeated record early in to the North Battleford Touch Football League season was in jeopardy Tuesday evening. The Huskies trailed the Gophers 13-9 with six plays left.