Local Sports

The halfway point of the Battlefords and District Ladies' Fastball League is upon us. It took until the halfway mark of the regular season for the Unity Midgets to suffer their first loss. The Battlefords Midget Bandits won 5-3 in Unity.

It was a busy first week in the North Saskatchewan River Baseball League, as the 14 teams try to determine where they fit in.

Three days of chuckwagon racing, 33 drivers, the roar of the wagons and the cheers from the crowds made for a great weekend on the Canadian Professional Chuckwagon Association's SIGA Pro Tour.

The Mervin Flyers were expected to be better this year and they did that with new recruit Kelly Baillargeon tossing a complete game while giving up just four hits.

The last physics class I took was a memorable one.

After taking Monday off for the holiday, the Battlefords and District Ladies Fastball League was back in action Wednesday night. In Unity the Unity Bantams 2 earned a 16-11 win over the Battlefords Survivors.

Each of you has, or will, deal with the loss of a loved one at some point in your life. And each of you must find your own personal way of dealing with the grief associated with this loss.

A pair of Englefeld boys struck silver at badminton Provincials last weekend. Blair Miskolczi and Braeden Schwartz, a boys' doubles team from Englefeld School, won silver at the 2011 Provincial Badminton Playoffs in Biggar May 14-16.

Two more games were played in the North Saskatchewan River Baseball League Wednesday. Under the lights at Beaver Lions Stadium, the Meadow Lake White Sox beat the North Battleford Beavers 3-2.

Athletes from nine area schools were out on the track and fields in Muenster on May 17 to compete in the Horizon Central Athletic Association Pre-District track and field meet.