Local Sports

January 4 1920 - The baseball league for black players was created and called the National Negro Baseball League. 1984 - Edmonton beats Minnesota 12-8 in the highest-scoring modern National Hockey League game.

Former Battlefords North Stars, and most recently a member of the Wilkie Outlaws senior team, Troy Watt, is off to school.

Kindersley sits fourth in the Sherwood Conference of the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League and still had two of the top players from the month of December.

The North Battleford Comprehensive High School Vikings senior boys volleyball team were admirable hosts for the 5A provincial volleyball championship in mid-November.

December 30Saskatchewan Prairie Hockey League continues with three games at 8 p.m. Perdue plays in Hafford, Saulteaux plays in Glaslyn and Cut Knife hosts Battleford.

The Meadow Lake Stampeders and St. Walburg Eagles went into the Christmas break on highs. The two teams sit first and second in the North Saskatchewan River Hockey League and both won twice in the days leading up to break.

When you hear the term 'tis the season this time of the year it usually takes on a different meaning than suspension season in the Saskatchewan Prairie Hockey League.

It was like watching two different teams wearing Battlefords North Stars jerseys in the final Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League game of 2012 at the Civic Centre. The North Stars looked to snap a losing streak Dec.

Two of the eight teams in the Saskatchewan Prairie Hockey League are perfect heading into the Christmas break. The Battleford Beaver Blues are 4-0-0-0 on the season with their most recent wins coming by 14-4 and 13-4 scores.

It will be a tropical holiday for a group of girls from Humboldt. The Humboldt Basketball Club, consisting of nine girls from Humboldt and one from Outlook, will be headed to Hawaii from December 17 to January 4 to play basketball.