Local Sports

Not often do players in the Battlefords get an opportunity to show up to the rink in shorts and a t-shirt, but Monday was the rare exception for two local hockey players, as a visit to the North Battleford Civic Centre marked the first of many as mem

For a couple weeks there was speculation about the completion of the North Stars' Dane Muench trade to the Vernon Vipers of the BCHL.

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The Canadian Professional Chuckwagon Association's SIGA Pro Tour event scheduled that was to take place in St. Walburg this weekend has been cancelled. The race was cancelled Thursday due to unsafe track conditions.

Earlier this week, the Moose Jaw Warriors and Conexus announced the 2011 Warriors and Legends Hall of Fame Inductees. Blair Atcheynum, assistant coach for the Battlefords North Stars, is one of the three nominees.

It is early in the North Saskatchewan River Baseball League season, but already each team is proving their staff ace can compete with anyone and any team has a chance to win any night.

Paige Crozon is in absolute rapture, getting ready to play at the home of the Raptors. The 16-year-old Humboldt Collegiate Institute (HCI) athlete is one of just 20 basketball players to have been chosen to play in the All-Canadian Classic.

Three Battlefords and District Ladies' Fastball League games were played Wednesday and all three hand similar results. In Unity, the Unity Midgets were back on track and improved to 7-1 on the season with a 10-0 win over the Unity Bantams 1.

How many people knew the Saskatchewan Roughrider rookie camp began Wednesday? My guess is not many.

A team is defined as a group of people with a full set of complementary skills required to complete a task or a project. Jim Simon and Brian Maunula were working that definition to perfection on the weekend.