Local Sports

One of the best features of the small town rodeo is often some local talent gets mixed in with the stalk of experienced cowboys and cowgirls and it makes for an exciting weekend of rodeo.

It was a dream come true for a local baseball team. The Humboldt Dodgers AAA Midget baseball team won the Saskatchewan Midget AAA Provincials on July 31 in Moose Jaw and will be heading to the Baseball Canada Midget National Championship August 18.

For a young hockey player from Humboldt to be part of the first annual All-Canadians Mentorship hockey camp this summer was an unforgettable experience.

Bill Erhardt was born in 1925 on the family farm. His first taste of ball was on the makeshift diamonds of the one-room schoolhouse in the Valley Centre west of Duval. It was evident at a very early age that he had extra ordinary skills.

It has to be considered a dynasty when you have played in the North Saskatchewan River Baseball League championship for nine straight seasons.

Teams of the North Battleford Touch Football League were back in action as the regular season began Tuesday.

The ice is in and hockey season is just around the corner. Midget and bantam aged players hit the ice on the weekend for the Battlefords Midget Stars' training camp and new head coach Lorne Nielsen was excited with what he saw.

As the world's best golfers were on the course competing for the PGA Championship, some of the best the Battlefords and surrounding area has to offer were also on the course in North Battleford.

Some breakfast, a little golf, supper and some old time hockey stories - does it get much better than that? Oh yeah, all that while raising money for three worthy organizations in the Battlefords.

After what was a bit of a struggle this season for the midget aged baseball players from the Battlefords, one of them found a silver lining.