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For Reid Gardiner, playing for the Prince Albert Raiders will be a little bit like going home. The Raiders made the 15-year-old Humboldt product their first pick in last week's Western Hockey League bantam draft.

Some have won Districts, and others are moving on to Provincials. Local badminton players were swinging their way to titles and advancement over the weekend.

All games are scheduled for 7 p.m. start times. Home TeamVisiting TeamDiamond Monday, May 16, 2011 Jr. Vipersvs.Unity Bantams 2Flats 3 Survivorsvs. Unity MidgetsFlats 2 Unity Bantams 1vs.Edam LadiesUnity Battlefords Midgetsvs.

It was a nice night for ball Wednesday, as the Battlefords and District Ladies' Fastball League was in full swing with three games at the Flats in Battleford and one played in Unity.

One chapter ends, another begins. So it is in the life of Kelly Bates. The Humboldt native announced his retirement from professional football last week, then accepted a position as assistant coach with his former team, the B.C. Lions.

The rejuvenation of the North Battleford High School Vikings' football program and the dedication to improvement and success is something the coaching staff is proud to be a part of.

The Saskatchewan Golf Hall of Fame is in its second year of inducting some of Saskatchewan's best golfers and builders of the sport and they are asking for the public's help.

It is time for the conference championships series in the NHL to start and since I'm in the rearview mirror of nearly everyone in my playoff hockey drafts it is time to quickly change the discussion.

Any and every summer sport a young athlete would want to be involved in was being played Monday night in the Battlefords.

For the past month, news from the Battlefords North Stars office has been quiet, but that changed Monday when it was announced graduating forward Mitch Galbraith had committed to a Canadian university for the next hockey season.