Local Sports

He came, he saw, he ran. Ryan Graf of Humboldt participated in the Olympic trials held in Calgary at the end of June this year.

The Battlefords North Stars completed a player transaction acquiring the CJHL rights to defenseman Connor Sutton from the Dauphin Kings, in exchange for the CJHL rights to 20-year-old forward Tim Rollins.

It could not have been a better ending for the Battlefords Bandits at the provincial bantam B girls' tournament they hosted.

North Battleford's own left-handed pitcher Andrew Albers was one of three New Britain Rock Cats selected to the Eastern League All-Star Team. Albers and his teammates will play Wednesday in Reading, Pa. Albers is 3-2 with a 3.

There are two outings of the New Horizons to report. The first was Thursday, July 5 when the number one team at one under par was the last team out. Herman Friesen, Ken Holiday and Irwin Temple took the honours.

Just weeks after it was announced Martin Smith was hired as the Battlefords Midget Stars coach, the coaching staff and board turned their focus to recruiting players. Smith announced last week the Stars have signed two local area players.

Curly Williams spent time with Lloydminster Meridians throughout his long and glorified baseball career.

The Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League off-season work continues for the Battlefords North Stars and currently they are searching for billet families for the 2012-13 season.

A baseball career that began in Manitoba and stretched for five decades that will be honoured by the Saskatchewan Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in August.

The wind picked up for the third day of the SGI CANADA Saskatchewan Junior Men's Championship in Warman and effected all golfers' scores.