Local Sports

Call it home field advantage if you like, but of the three division at the 2011 Bowls Sask. Tournament in Mayfair, four host teams finished in the top three in the categories.

It wasn't long ago, Jordan Fransoo was skating with his brother and some friends in the Battlefords, playing rec hockey games waiting for his hockey season to officially start.

The weather could not have been more perfect for the inaugural Zone Provincial Bantam Boys and Girls Softball Tournament, which helped in making it a huge success.

The Huskies continue to lead the league and now they have beat every team in the North Battleford Touch Football League. The Huskies beat the Broncos 58-8 Tuesday night.

Close to 100 hockey players donned their gear and took to the ice at the Elgar Petersen Arena last week, hoping to end up wearing a Humboldt Broncos team jersey this season.

The first quarter of the Humboldt Collegiate Institute (HCI) Mohawks' season-opener versus the Tisdale Tornadoes was not kind to the hosts. The HCI Mohawks nine-man football team travelled to Tisdale for their first game of the season on September 2.

The community of Humboldt is being asked to get on board with Team Rush as they train to race for gold in Russia in 2014.

A combination of penalties, injuries and a struggling offence proved to be the downfall of the North Battleford Comprehensive High School Vikings in their home opener Thursday at Beaver Lions Stadium.

The hype and excitement surrounding the John Paul II Collegiate football team finally came to life, as the Crusaders took to the field Friday for the first time in the school's 25-year history.

Despite losing twice to the Lloydminster Bobcats this past weekend, Kevin Hasselberg and the Battlefords North Stars appear to be on track as far as being ready to start the SJHL season.