Local Sports

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.

It has the potential to be one of the largest aboriginal events in Saskatchewan history. The 2011 Saskatchewan First Nations Summer Games will be held at Thunderchild First Nation and begin Saturday.

Few strived and overcame obstacles like Clayton Gerein did as an athlete and in July his passion for sports and success was honoured as he was inducted into the Saskatchewan Sports Hall of Fame and Museum in Regina.

For young people like Paige Crozon, there can be many hoops to go through before they decide on a career they want to pursue; that is unless the choice is basketball hoops.

Win and you're in the final, lose and your season is done. That is what faced the four remaining teams in the Battlefords Senior Soccer Association men's and ladies' leagues.

Two girl's teams from Saskatchewan, one local and one with local players picked up, are heading to Western Canadians, looking to put the previous couple weeks behind them and play some solid softball.

The action is heating up in the North Saskatchewan River Baseball League as four teams remain, and one of the four teams is a win away from advancing to the league final.

Two days, 148 competitors, 15 teams and 23 local medals. That's how things shaped up at the 2011 Summer Speed Swimming Provincials, held in Humboldt July 30-31.

It was a great football experience for a local football player. Ryan Stumborg of Humboldt played in the Saskota Bowl in Rolla, North Dakota on July 9, accompanied by coach Cory Popoff, also of Humboldt.

Don Dupuis was born in Ontario Sept. 17, 1937, as the oldest of four boys. Later his family packed up and headed west to Saskatchewan and made their home in Bienfait. At a young age, Dupuis started playing and coaching baseball.