Local Sports

It was a busy night for ball in the Battlefords. Baseball, fastball and slo-pitch were under way in the Battlefords and area. In North Saskatchewan River Baseball League action The Wilkie Brewers were in North Battleford and beat the Beavers 7-1.

He has his name in the Western Hockey League record books and was one of the best to play in the North Saskatchewan River Hockey League. Now goalie Kelly Guard is going back to the WHL. Guard backstopped the St.

Although it was overcast, cool and rainy Monday, there were still 26 New Horizons out on the golf course. Three teams and on a count-back to hole six, it was decided that the Scott team takes the top honours.

Battlefords North Stars defenceman Woody Klassen was on the bubble for making the Greenville Road Warriors this season and now is on step closer to being in the East Coast Hockey League for the 2012-12 campaign.

Blaine Lake Composite students travelled to Griffiths Stadium in Saskatoon to compete in district track and field May 16. Despite the heat of the day exceeding 29 degrees Celsius, the students excelled and obtained personal bests.

While some of the top senior high school players were playing their final game at the high school level Monday in the Ed Henick Senior Bowl, other players who will back next year at the high school level, were in Saskatoon at the Roughrider Bowl Camp

Humboldt Collegiate Institute (HCI) hosted the Horizon Central Athletic Association northwest quadrant pre-district track meet on May 15 at Glenn Hall Park. Schools attending the meet were HCI, Humboldt Public School (HPS), St. Augustine School, St.

By this time seven North Saskatchewan River Baseball League games should have been played, but that hasn't been the case due to the recent soaking by Mother Nature.

The Saskatchewan Hockey Association released the list of the top 45 under 18 female hockey players in the province this week, who will be invited to a summer camp in August.

He was the Humboldt Broncos' top scorer and most valuable player, and now he's going pro. Centre Andrew Johnston had earned a scholarship to Union College when he was in Flin Flon last season.