Local Sports

It is official. The North Saskatchewan River Baseball League is finished. Along with the completion of the championship series, the MVP award has been presented and now the gloves and bats can be stored for the winter.

The late Roberto Zayas of Moose Jaw, will be inducted into the Saskatchewan Baseball Hall of Fame on Saturday.

Another season on the North Battleford Touch Football League, got started this week with the defending champions - the Rhinos ready to defend their title.

The late Norman French of Delisle will take his place in the Saskatchewan Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum Saturday. French was born and raised on the family farm near Donavon.

Monday night, on the drive home from Lloydminster after my baseball game, I was recapping the game my team lost 5-1.

As the Battlefords North Stars prepare for the upcoming hockey season, some former North Stars are now preparing for a new challenge in the hockey world.

Hockey season is not far away for the midget Battlefords Stars, who held their fall camp over the weekend at the North Battleford Civic Centre.

An area fastball team has kept up its dominance of the game.The Bruno Merchants men's fastpitch team won its fifth Senior B Provincial Men's title in six years, cleaning up the competition at the 2010 tournament in Saskatoon held July 23-25.

Three wins and a sealed up second-place league ranking meant it was a good week for the Marysburg Royals last week.The senior baseball team managed to win all three league games they played after coming in third at Provincials just over a week ago.

The Northwest Vipers rolled through provincials in Saskatoon easily and had high expectations heading into the Western Canadian Junior B Championships, which were held in Winnipeg last week. The Vipers started the tournament off right Aug.