Local Sports

If all baseball games could be played like the three games between the North Battleford Beavers and Wilkie Brewers in the first round of the North Saskatchewan River Baseball League, it would be an exciting, gut-wrenching part of anyone's summer.

Most average golfers would be happy to make par on any hole when playing a round of golf, so when Shawn Harman recorded a double eagle on the Humboldt Golf course July 17, he was pretty surprised.

The celebrations and the glory years may have passed for some athletes from the Battlefords, but June 18 those memories were revisited for four football players.

It's been a challenging year for the Broncos, both on and off the ice. The Humboldt Broncos junior A hockey club officially wrapped up their 2010-11 season with their annual general meeting on July 20.

Many from the Battlefords and surrounding baseball communities can remember their at bats against Andrew Albers, one of the best pitchers to come out of the Northwest, whether it was in batting practice or playoffs, he was tough to hit.

After three seasons, of trying to rebuild the North Stars' prospect pool and making a run in the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League's Bauer Conference among other things, Ken Pearson will no longer be behind the North Stars' bench.

Just one of the four North Saskatchewan River Baseball League playoff series started last week with the North Battleford Beavers up against the Wilkie Brewers.

Larry Orth was born April 11, 1950, in Esterhazy and started his baseball career in 1961 and continues today.

For 26 years, SGI has sponsored the Saskatchewan Curling Associations Prairieland Curling Camp, and this summer two students from Maidstone applied and were accepted into the program.

Northwest curlers Heather Wood, Megan Babchuk, Kyla Greenwald, Shelby Solomko and Justin Sopyc have returned Nipawin where they experienced Amber Holland's annual Prairieland Curling Camp.