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Who would've guess a team sitting in sixth place would beat the undefeated first place team? The Turtleford Tigers maybe would have, as they beat St. Walburg 5-3 Saturday on home ice to move to 4-7-1 on the season.

After nine games, the Battleford Beaver Blues and Maymont Settlers have the same record, they are 1-1 against each other and ultimately that means the Saskatchewan Prairie Hockey League is setting up for an exciting final month of the regular season.

Former Unity resident, Haley (Howdle) Wieler, was back in town and not just for a family visit. She was part of the officiating crew at the Saturday night Unity Miners' game.

Snow be hard to find with the recent weather conditions, but several young skiers made the most of Table Mountain and the snow there during the Alpine Saskatchewan SaskTel Sask Cup races on the weekend.

The Humboldt Curling Cllub hosted the men's regional playdowns January 6-8. Although Randy Woytowich rink of Saskatoon was in a good position after Saturday's games, they were defeated in Sunday's games by the Mark Lane rink, also of Saskatoon.

There was enough snow on the ground and the trails were freshly groomed at the Humboldt Golf Course on January 8 for the Carlton Trail Ski Club's Jack-rabbits group to get in a practice before they host an upcoming provincial Sask Cup race.

The Battlefords Phoenix Sports Bantam AA Barons were on the road again on the weekend and made it a solid trip, earning three of four points. In Waldheim Saturday, the Barons won 4-2 after taking a 4-0 lead.

Although they only started fundraising six months ago, Three Lakes School has raised enough money in that short time to install a new gym floor.

The biggest news from the SJHL wasn't the players of the week, nor was it the fact that the Battlefords North Stars dropped in the CJHL rankings. The big news this week was obviously the trade deadline.

At 12 a.m. Wednesday morning, there was a collective sigh of relief heard in the Battlefords as 20 North Stars survived the trade deadline.