The Battlefords Bandits U19 softball team is coming off a home run start to the 2024 season, with a gold medal win at their opening tournament of the year, in Irma, Alberta.Posting a perfect 4-0 record on their way to the tournament win, the Bandits topped teams from Unity, Stettler, Calgary, and Irma on their way to t...

The indoor volleyball season has ended and a couple of Prince Albert-based teams are highlighting their successes. First, the En Fuego U14 girl's team recently returned from a national event in B.C. where they finished 36th among 110 teams across Canada."I feel like the competition was extremely tight," said ...

The Melfort Mustangs are 2024 SJHL Champions, which means their nine 20-year-old players have gone out in style.While they have all turned their attention to the Centennial Cup, their final career SJHL game is one to remember.For Nolan Henderson, the way this season went was likely unexpected, as the longtime Weyburn R...

The Prince Albert Aerials gymnastics club was well represented at provincials.Over a dozen gymnasts made the trip to Saskatoon last weekend, and returned home with a number of medals. Among them was 11-year-old Lucia Tamayo who finished second in vault, second in uneven bars, and fourth overall for the CCP6 level.Meanw...

The Melfort Mustangs have been guaranteed a berth in this year's Centennial Cup semi-final round.Following the Miramichi Timberwolves 3-2 shootout victory over the Winkler Flyers on Tuesday night, it was determined that Melfort will be the top team in Group B, no matter the result in their final game.All three teams ha...

It's been a great start to the season for the U11 A Prince Albert Aces.The girl's softball team won their first tournament of the season last weekend, bringing home the gold medal from an early bird tournament in Saskatoon. It was the team's first game action of the season after some inclement weather led to some cance...

The Melfort Mustangs aren't exactly winning easy at the Centennial Cup right now but they sure are making it exciting as they had to pull off another come-from-behind victory early Tuesday. In the club's third game of round-robin play they trailed 2-0 to the Sioux Lookout Bombers after one period of play before scoring...

The defending champion, North Battleford Beavers came out swinging to the tune of 16 runs in a wild 16-0 win Monday night in Glaslyn, to open the 2024 North Sask River Baseball League season.Flying out of the gates hot, the Beavers picked up between four and five runs in each of the first two innings to build an early ...

The Melfort Mustangs are returning to the ice after a two-day break in between their games at the Centennial Cup.Melfort will once again have the early game, as they're set to battle the Sioux Lookout Bombers.The Mustangs are coming off a full off-day on Sunday, where they hit the Hockey Hall of Fame and caught a Blue ...

The Melfort Mustangs are 2024 SJHL Champions, which means their nine 20-year-old players have gone out in style.While they have all turned their attention to the Centennial Cup, their final career SJHL game is one to remember.For Hayden Prosofsky, it's been a season plagued by injuries but he's refused to let that get ...

The Battlefords AAA Stars' trio of Dayne Henry, Devante Pratt and Waylon Gardipy are coming off a silver medal showing at the National Aboriginal Hockey Championship, that wrapped up over the weekend in Grande Prairie, Alta.Team Saskatchewan opened their tournament hot, with a dominant 11-1 victory over Quebec's Easter...

Prince Albert's Bella Mulhall and Taryn Dumont have gone the distance and earned the respect of their province.They competed last week at the National Senior Girls' Doubles Bowling Championship and finished in a tie for fourth with British Columbia. This was Dumont's first trip to Nationals and told paNOW it was really...

It's opening night for the North Sask River Baseball League (NSRBL) season on Monday, with a pair of games scheduled to open the year, headlined by a local rivalry and rematch from last year's playoffs. Reigniting a budding rivalry that began last season with the return of the Glaslyn Orioles, the Beavers and Orioles m...

The Melfort Mustangs are 2024 SJHL Champions, which means their nine 20-year-old players have gone out in style.While they have all turned their attention to the Centennial Cup, their final career SJHL game is one to remember.For Ryan Duguay, his most memorable game may have been Game 7 against the Humboldt Broncos in ...

Team Saskatchewan is coming home with one medal from the National Aboriginal Hockey Championships in Alberta.The men's team faced Ontario in the gold medal game on Saturday but fell 4-0, to settle for silver.The team made it to the final after a nail-biting 4-3 win over B.C. in the semi-finals.Konnor Watson, Conner Bea...

The Saskatchewan High School Athletics Association (SHSAA) held their annual badminton provincials at Nipawin's L.P. Miller Comprehensive School this past weekend that saw a handful of athletes collect hardware on home court. Nipawin's Martina Moore and Toni Akinwuntan won gold in girls doubles, going undefeated in the...

The Melfort Mustangs just completed one of their most entertaining games of the year, and it just so happened to be at the Centennial Cup.Maybe that's not much of a surprise, as they battled a top-five-ranked team in the country.In what was a wild back-and-forth affair, it was the Mustangs who came out on top, by a sco...

The Melfort Mustangs are 2-0 so far in the Centennial Cup.After winning the SJHL Championship last Tuesday, they now have more than just the support of Melfort and the area, as both the entire league and province are fully behind them."I think you'll see that amongst the 11 other franchises, people will cheer for ...

The future continues to be bright for the Prince Albert Raiders after the team made 11 selections during the 2024 WHL Prospects Draft on Thursday.Raiders Director of Player Personnel Bruno Zarrillo said this year's draft class will complement the team's other young prospects."It's always exciting when you get the ...

The Melfort Mustangs are 2024 SJHL Champions, which means their nine 20-year-old players have gone out in style.While they have all now turned their attention to the Centennial Cup, their final career SJHL game is certainly one to remember.For Aidyn Hutchinson in particular, his whole playoff run was one to remember, a...

Thunderchild First Nation is gearing up for its 1st Annual Thunder Classic sports tournament, coming up May 31 to June 2, marking the first big event in a soft opening for the new Thunderchild Wellness Centre. The Thunder Classic will include a 16-team All-Native Senior Hockey Invitational and a coinciding Play-For-You...

A pair of Battlefords players from the U15 NorthWest Stars saw a dream realized Thursday when they were selected in the 2024 Western Hockey League (WHL) Prospects Draft. Forward Dawson Gamble was selected in the eighth round, 161st overall by the Calgary Hitmen, while defenceman Rylee Belyk followed in the 10th round, ...

After six years in North Battleford, Marty Martinson is ready to move on to the next chapter of his life.Martinson has spent most of his 20's calling games for the Battlefords North Stars in the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League. This week he announced he will be leaving his post to return home to Regina."I'm feel...

The Melfort Mustangs started their Centennial Cup run this year exactly how they had hoped... with a win over the Miramichi Timberwolves.Melfort played the third and final game of day one here in Oakville, matching up with the Maritime Junior Hockey League champions and beating them by a score of 4-1."Great to com...

Golf season is about to kick into high gear, and the head professional at Cooke Municipal Golf Course has started to notice some new trends in the sport.Darcy Myers is the head pro at Cooke and said one thing he's noticed is more females taking up the game."It's hard to pinpoint, but Brooke Henderson, she's a high...

The WHL Prospects Draft was held on Thursday, and the list was full of local players. Kayden Stroeder was the first local product selected. The Humboldt U15 AA Bronco from Lanigan was selected fifth overall by the Edmonton Oil Kings. The centre had 127 points in just 27 games last season, including 58 goals. He also ha...

The Centennial Cup began earlier on Thursday in Oakville, Ont. as 10 teams from across Canada started to battle it out for a national championship.For the Melfort Mustangs game one of round-robin play is scheduled for Thursday night against the Miramichi Timberwolves."We're excited and ready to go, we had a couple...

The next wave of senior baseball all-stars are just days away from hitting the diamonds in northeast and north central Saskatchewan. The Highway 3 Baseball League finalized its schedule Wednesday night with Birch Hills and Nipawin facing off in the opening game, a rematch of last year's finals series. READ MORE: Nipawi...