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Saskatchewan Men's Mid-Amateur - The runner up at last year's Men's Mid-Amateur event prevailed this time and edged three Northwest golfers and 46 other from across Saskatchewan. Cadmus Delorme won with a four round score of 283.

"Really cool. It's where it all started." Those were the words of professional wakeboarder Rusty Malinoski as he stood on the dock at Humboldt Lake - also known as Stony Lake - last week.

For as long as there has been sports there has been the argument that urban centres have more opportunities for young athletes thus forming better teams.

They're a young club with a new name, and they're hosting Provincials at the end of the month. The newly renamed Humboldt Hammerheads Swim Team is hosting the Provincial Summer Swim Club meet July 30-31 at the Humboldt Aquatic Centre.

Partners seeking support, funding for shelter

The North Battleford Beavers faced a handful of alumni of the North Saskatchewan River Baseball league Tuesday in provincial playoff action and it didn't go quite as planned for the current NSRBL players.

The Muenster Bantam Red Sox won the Bantam A Provincial Championship in Melfort July 16-17. The Sox defeated Unity in the final 9-4, but it wasn't an easy road to get there. The team finished round robin play with two wins one loss.

It took awhile to be determined and perhaps wasn't the most conventional way to get into the playoffs for some baseball teams, but the top eight have clinched and it's time to start the North Saskatchewan River Baseball League playoffs.

In the final weekend of regular series games before the playoffs, the Humboldt Midget AAA Dodgers played another four games over two days, coming away with three wins and one loss.

The fundraising efforts are continuing and going strong for the North Battleford Granite Curling club, according to Rob Goheen.