Local Sports

The week started off well for Jim Johnston and his curling team from the Battlefords at the Provincial Masters Men's Championship in Gravelbourg. Johnston won twice Wednesday, as his team edged Derrell Sears 6-5 and Gary Bryden 7-3.

Don't try this at home - unless you're in the Landrie family and it's the only way to train for archery shoots in the winter. Stand at one end of the house, shoot through doorways into the kitchen with a bow and arrow nearly at a target metres away.

Remember when you were a kid playing a game and just before it got too dark to play anymore, someone would yell out, "last point wins." It never mattered the score at that time that simply was the rule.

The talk around the rinks all season, was that the Battlefords Peewee AA Barons had the best chance to win a championship.

There isn't much hockey left in the Battlefords and area, but the Battlefords Ball Hockey League is still rolling. All four series will be playing game two of the best of three series either Wednesday or Thursday at the Agrivilla.

Youth Bowling Canada's Saskatchewan provincials were held in Regina March 6. A composite team made up of junior girls from throughout the Northwest earned bronze medals in their age division.

Imagine moments before competing in a national event. The crowd is bigger than expected. The nervous excitement of emotion running through your body, and oh yeah, you've never competed in anything like this before.

For the love of the game. That is the motivation for most players who took part in the 31st annual Battlefords 50s oldtimers tournament. The 50s beat the Wilkie X-Outlaws, Edmonton Panthers and Prince Albert Chiefs to earn the B pool championship.

I read all of the pre-season MLB magazines and follow my peers, their viewpoints and predictions. A few of them might have had a three-martini lunch after picking the Brewers to win this division.

For many people in gym class, the floor hockey days were the most anticipated and most exciting. It was often the number one choice of games when given the option.