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The legacy continues. The annual Wayne Pruden Memorial Golf Tournament has become a cornerstone of the fundraising efforts for the Battlefords Union Hospital Foundation.

There were just two games on the North Saskatchewan River Baseball League schedule Tuesday night, but neither game was close. The Lloydminster Meridian Twins improved to 4-0-1 with an 11-0 win over the Unity Midgets in Unity.

The North Battleford Beavers started the season 0-3 and Monday night they were looking for their first win of the season, as they took on the Mervin Flyers. The Flyers entered the game with a 3-2 record, but lost 16-9 to the Beavers.

Not often do players in the Battlefords get an opportunity to show up to the rink in shorts and a t-shirt, but Monday was the rare exception for two local hockey players, as a visit to the North Battleford Civic Centre marked the first of many as mem

For a couple weeks there was speculation about the completion of the North Stars' Dane Muench trade to the Vernon Vipers of the BCHL.

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The Canadian Professional Chuckwagon Association's SIGA Pro Tour event scheduled that was to take place in St. Walburg this weekend has been cancelled. The race was cancelled Thursday due to unsafe track conditions.

Earlier this week, the Moose Jaw Warriors and Conexus announced the 2011 Warriors and Legends Hall of Fame Inductees. Blair Atcheynum, assistant coach for the Battlefords North Stars, is one of the three nominees.

It is early in the North Saskatchewan River Baseball League season, but already each team is proving their staff ace can compete with anyone and any team has a chance to win any night.

Paige Crozon is in absolute rapture, getting ready to play at the home of the Raptors. The 16-year-old Humboldt Collegiate Institute (HCI) athlete is one of just 20 basketball players to have been chosen to play in the All-Canadian Classic.