Local Sports

The Penticton Vees of the British Columbia Hockey League have been the talk of the country this season in the Junior A ranks and that continued, as they claimed the Fred Page Cup.

Several players from the Battlefords and across Zone 7 played in the female and midget SaskFirst tournament in Regina March 30 to April 1. In the female division, Zone 7 played in the C final Sunday and won 4-3 over Zone 8.

Dust off the golf clubs, shine up the balls and get out to the golf course. Easter weekend marked the beginning of the golf season at the North Battleford Golf and Country Club.

The annual Battlefords Indian and Métis Friendship Centre's All Native Stanley Cup took place on the weekend and featured some of the best aboriginal hockey players in western Canada.

He may not be from the Battlefords, but Jordie Johnston is someone the Battlefords hockey community can be proud of. Johnston played midget AAA with the Stars before moving up to the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League and the La Ronge Ice Wolves.

The 2012 professional baseball season is upon us and home grown talent Andrew Albers got his first action Saturday. Albers pitched three innings with the New Britain Rock Cats, the AA affiliate in the Minnesota Twins organization.

There may be no prouder athlete in the world than a football player, or at least in the football hungry province of Saskatchewan and the Battlefords community.

The summer hockey season is upon us and for some local hockey players that just means they are getting busy now.

The kid had taken an early lead right off the start. Quick and powerful double poling had put her far enough ahead to allow her to break into the smooth push/glide of an experienced skate-skier.

After two games, it may be hard to believe from looking at the shots, but the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League's Canalta Cup championship series is tied 1-1.