Local Sports

March 17 - St. Patrick's Day - green was the colour while basketball was the game at Duck Lake.

The Battleford Beaver Blues had the Glaslyn North Stars on the ropes heading into game four of the Saskatchewan Prairie Hockey League championship series Friday night. The Beaver Blues led the series 2-1, as the teams took to the ice in Turtleford.

The North Battleford Comprehensive High School senior boys' and girls' basketball teams are no strangers to the HOOPLA scene. The girls went from losing in regionals in 2009 to fourth at provincials the next year and earning bronze last season.

The Unity rink of Darlene Gillies, Linda Kloschinsky, Wanda Heitt and Tracy Heidt went into "moving day" at the Canadian Seniors Curling Championship in great position.

'Don't stop believing.' The Journey song must be stuck on repeat in the Battlefords North Stars' dressing room. The North Stars have won four games when facing elimination in the playoffs and forced a game five against the Broncos.

It started out as a way to show support for the new John Paul II Collegiate football team, which played their first game in the fall. It quickly evolved into so much more in just seven months.

The Battlefords North Stars couldn't capitalize on three point-blank chances Tuesday in Humboldt in the first period and things quickly snowballed out of control after that.

Army and air cadets from across the zone gathered in North Battleford in February. Two local squads were on the mark and will be sending teams to provincials in Regina April 14 and 15. The North Battleford Royal Canadian Air Cadet Squadron No.

It was the Ralph Hall rink that took top honours in the New Horizons' spring draw. They were a half game up on the Bob Krismer's foursome, and a full game up on Ed Kjargaard's group.

Maybe it was the emotional let down after winning a game seven in overtime, or the short rest between series, or simply the depth and talent of the Humboldt Broncos.