Local Sports

They played their first home games without most of their 20-year-olds and though both ended in losses, the games were quite close, indeed.

The SJHL's President Tour made a stop in the Battlefords Thursday morning at Innovation Credit Union.

The Battlefords Novice Rams weren't one of the originally selected teams to take part in the Western Hockey League Youth Experience, which was part of the SaskEnergy Hockey Day in Saskatchewan festivities, but after the Saskatoon Blades and Regina Pa

The Bruno Axemen held their 6th Annual Men's and Ladies' Broomball Tournament on January 15. Broomball teams from around the province were invited to participate in the tournament.

JANUARY 21 Battlefords Midget Stars host Swift Current in SMAAAHL action at the Civic Centre. Game time is 7:30 p.m. JANUARY 21 Saskatchewan Prairie Hockey League has Saulteaux in Maymont for an 8 p.m. start.

This weekend, several players from Battlefords Sharks along with other female hockey players from area will meet up with the best of the rest at the 2011 Sask First Female Tournament in Regina.

Midget A Barons The Barons #2 had a successful weekend, as they won 7-5 in Debden Friday night and tied Spiritwood Saturday. The 8-5-3 Barons were also scheduled to host the Meadow Lake Storm Sunday.

A one-day local basketball tournament saw four teams from the Humboldt region compete. Teams from Watrous, Middle Lake, and Lake Lenore were at Humboldt Collegiate Institute (HCI) on January 15 to compete in a senior boys' basketball tournament.

A series of trades just before the January 10 deadline left the Humboldt Broncos with just one 20-year-old among their ranks, but the moves seemed to rejuvenate the team.

North Battleford Comprehensive High School and John Paul II co-hosted a senior girls basketball tournament on the weekend. One local team won the tournament while the other took third place in the C pool.