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At one point in his junior career Calder Neufeld suited up with the Battlefords North Stars before being traded to Estevan.

After their first game ever of high school football, the John Paul II Crusaders players and coaching staff knew they would be better the next time they took to the field at Beaver Lions Stadium.

The Battlefords Stars began October looking for their first win of the season, as the Tisdale Trojans were in North Battleford.

Friday night at the Civic Centre was an early season match up for first place in the Bauer Conference. The Nipawin Hawks were in North Battleford to face the North Stars in Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League action.

A tournament that included 48 teams and 166 scheduled games played on six courts and backed by 30 years of history is something many teams look forward to each year and this time around was no exception.

Rookie football players from five nine-man football teams in the area took to the field at Glenn Hall Park in Humboldt on September 24.

The Humboldt Broncos traded away one of their veteran 20-year-olds last week.

First, they took on and beat a team that was a force to be reckoned with. Then, they won handily over the current top-ranked team in the league.

The first Saskatchewan High School Athletic Association provincial championships of the new school year took place last weekend at Kenosee Lake and Bengough.

It was a perfect afternoon for football and a perfect afternoon for the Lanigan Lazers who hosted the Lakeside Bombers out of Watson on September 23.