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Threatening clouds were hanging overhead, but the occasional ray of sunshine would break through to light the diamond.The Humboldt Dodgers AAA midget baseball team hosted the Moose Jaw Cardinals in a double header on July 21.

Spokane Chiefs selected 10 players through nine rounds in the 21st edition of the Western Hockey League's Bantam Draft in April. The bantam draft is the first opportunity for the WHL teams to add 1995 born players to their 50-player protected list.

There will be no more senior baseball in North Battleford this season. The North Battleford Beavers suffered a 10-0 loss in Meadow Lake Thursday night and were eliminated from the North Saskatchewan River Baseball League.

The North Battleford Beavers were in a do or die situation Wednesday and they did, forcing a third and deciding game against the Meadow Lake White Sox.

Give him the trophy again. Scott Thompson of St. Walburg was out on the course July 20 to 23 for the Amateur Men's Championship in Saskatoon and he dominated the field winning his second championship trophy in two years.

Last week, the Regional Optimist reported the names of the North Saskatchewan River Baseball League MVP nominees, this week provides some insight as to why those 15 players were chosen from their peers and are in the running for the league honour.

Every hockey player, or athlete for that matter, has a special coach they will always remember as they move up the ranks of their sport.

They might be just teenagers, but they were representing their country on the weekend.

Six North Saskatchewan River Baseball League teams were in action Tuesday night and one team has earned a berth to the second round.

JULY 27 Senior Men's Soccer has four games lined up. At 5:45 p.m. Sweetgrass plays Sweetgrass Light at NBCHS and Young Little Pine plays Poundmaker at Centennial Field followed by the Little Pine Deuces against Thunderchild at 7:30 p.m.