Local Sports

Ernest Roy Burns was born Oct. 12, 1913 and was raised on the family farm at Flintoft Plessis. He took his schooling at Plessis, then spent the next few years working on farms until taking over the family farm in 1954.

For horseshoes being a family affair, Eileen Kozakewich has went along way in the sport and in July she was honoured nationally for her dedication and accomplishments on the local, provincial and national scale.

The first half of the 2011 Western Canada Summer Games from Kamloops, B.C. is completed. Four local area athletes competed in the first half of the games in track and field. The locals also contributed to Saskatchewan's medal count.

Three Battlefords Midget Bandits traded in their uniforms for Pilot Butte Storm attire in the last month, as they were picked up to play in Medicine Hat at the Midget B Women's Fastball Western Canadian Championships.

The North Saskatchewan River Baseball League is down to the final two teams and once again those two teams are the Lloydminster Meridian Twins and Wilkie Brewers.

In less than a week, two former Boston Bruin greats will be in the Battlefords for the North Battleford Golf and Country Club's Celebrity Sportsman Fundraiser.

He is on his way, from the Alberni Valley Bulldogs, passing by Olds, Alta., a familiar coaching stop in his career, and now is set to make his first appearance in the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League.

The North Saskatchewan River Baseball League playoffs resumed Tuesday. The Wilkie Brewers travelled to Meadow Lake while the Lloydminster Meridian Twins hosted the Lloydminster Junior Redhawks.

Wally Harasen was born in the Yorkton area on Jan. 15, 1913. During Harasen's playing career in the 1930s is he made a strong impression on those who watched him.

Sometimes you have to be good to be lucky and lucky to be good. Whatever the combination, nine members of the Battlefords Horseshoe Club have earned some provincial hardware. The provincial tournament was July 23 and 24 at Manitou Beach.