The Hawks blew a 2-0 third period lead Friday to Melfort giving up three powerplay goals to the Mustangs in the final period losing 3-2 at the Centennial Arena.Carter Anderson opened the scoring for the Hawks 70 seconds into the game, lifting the almost 700 in attendance to their feet early with his Nipawin-leading 12t...

It was another close one for the Battlefords North Stars on Friday as they fell short 2-1 against the Klippers in Kindersley.The North Stars saw some struggles right out of the gate, failing to record a shot on goal in the first seven minutes of the game, while Kindersley managed 10 shots in that same time frame and ev...

The Melfort Mustangs had a hole to dig out of to begin the third period on Friday night against the Hawks, but clearly brought the right shovel as they walked away with a 3-2 victory.Melfort scored three unanswered powerplay goals in the final frame, the last of which came with just 25 seconds remaining."The first...

The Melfort Mustangs will wrap up their 2024 portion of this year's campaign, this weekend with the Nipawin Hawks.Melfort will begin the home-and-home set, in Nipawin tonight, looking to extend their 13-game win streak."We just have to stick to our game and play how we usually play, it's an exciting last two games...

A Melfort athlete has won a Saskatchewan Games Council medal. Team Lakeland basketball player Paul Peterson has received a 2024 Lorne Lasuita Saskatchewan Games Athletic Award following his participation in the 2024 Saskatchewan Summer Games in Lloydminster. The award is given to one male and one female athlete who &qu...

It was the final tournament of 2024 for Battlefords United Football Club (BUFC) as they had 12 teams in attendance and brought home some hardware at the Hollandia Off the Wall Tournament in Saskatoon Dec. 6-8. For their three U9 Co-ed teams, they had a great weekend, getting some goals and finding their confidence whil...

It's safe to say that Humboldt native Paige Crozon ended 2024 off on a high note, as she was named tournament MVP while leading Team Canada to a gold medal at the FIBA AmeriCup.The women's 3x3 basketball player had a whopping 46 points in just five games, as Canada pulled off a 19-18 overtime win in the final, against ...

The Tisdale Trojans are heading into their Christmas break on a high note. The Trojans downed the Prince Albert Mintos 5-2 at the RECPlex Wednesday night. Tisdale's Ramy Borowsky scored the lone goal in the first period. Pryce Thiessen and Eric Han put the Trojans up 3-1 after two periods. The Mintos closed to within o...

The Prince Albert Raiders started the climb up the eastern conference standings after Tuesday's win in Edmonton, and they looked to continue that momentum Wednesday in Calgary. Although the Raiders fought to tie the game twice, they would see their winning streak snapped at three as they lost to the Hitmen 8-5.Kalem Pa...

In the midst of the NHL and Junior hockey season, local senior hockey is also underway and going strong. In the Saskatchewan Prairie Hockey League (SPHL), it's the Battleford Beaver Blues and Perdue Pirates who are tied for top spot in the East Division, both boasting a 5-1 record for 10 points on the season. Then in t...

The Hawks dropped an 8-2 decision in Flon Flon Tuesday, Nipawin's 16th straight loss to the Bombers.Seeking the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League (SJHL) team's first win at the Whitney Forum since Feb. 15, 2022, the storyline was all too familiar as the Bombers jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the first period and never loo...

Despite the lack of snow so far this December, Table Mountain Regional Park will be open and ready for mountain goers to enjoy this holiday season. "We finished making snow here last Thursday and we were officially open to the public on the 14th. If Mother Nature doesn't give us anything, we've got lots of snow to...

The success just doesn't seem to stop for the Battlefords AAA Sharks as they grabbed third place at the Mandi Schwartz Memorial Tournament this past weekend against some of the tops teams and prep schools in the country, Their first game on Thursday, Dec.12th was against Edge Prep, the #7 ranked girls prep school in th...

The Melfort Mustangs snuck by the Notre Dame Hounds Tuesday night, beating them by a score of 2-1 for the second time this season.Despite the fact that Melfort outshot Notre Dame 41-19, the Mustangs didn't score the game-winning goal until there were just 56 seconds left in the game.That goal came from a Zac Somers bla...

With a long jam in the eastern conference standings that separated the first place Medicine Hat Tigers and the ninth place Prince Albert Raiders by just eight points at the start of the night, Tuesday's game against the Edmonton Oil Kings kicked off a big road trip double header. The Raiders powerplay was a big reason ...

The Melfort Mustangs are on the road Tuesday as they travel down south to Wilcox to take on the Notre Dame Hounds.The contest marks the first of three games for the Mustangs this week, which will wrap up the 2024 portion of their season.Melfort enters their first meeting of the season in Notre Dame on a 12-game win str...

The Nipawin Hawks have three games remaining prior to the Christmas break with the first being Tuesday in Flin Fon against the Bombers.Coming off a 3-0 loss to La Ronge Saturday that snapped a five game home points streak and a four game point streak overall, Head Coach Tad Kozun's message to his group this week is don...

After splitting games against the Flin Flon Bombers this past weekend, the Battlefords North Stars are now second overall in the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League (SJHL), boasting a 15-8-3-2 record for 35 points. But with only six points separating them from the ninth spot in the league, their final two games before th...

In their final two games of the season before the Christmas break, the Prince Albert Raiders are hoping a couple of wins can help them climb the standings into a playoff spot. They take on two teams they are chasing, starting with the Edmonton Oil Kings on Tuesday, and the Calgary Hitmen on Wednesday.The Raiders curren...

On Saturday night the Nipawin Hawks were shut out 3-0 by the La Ronge Ice Wolves snapping the team's five game-home point streak and their four-game overall point streak in the process.In Friday's Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League (SJHL) schedule Nipawin outpaced the Ice Wolves 7-4 on the road, but the return date in N...

A lot of local flavour in this week's SJHL Player of the Week awards. Ashton Hutchinson of the Melfort Mustangs was named the SGEU MVP of the Week in the SJHL, after netting three goals and three assists in three Mustang wins, as the team is riding a 12-game winning streak. The Nipawin Hawks also have a big presence on...

The Melfort Mustangs remain the third-ranked team in the country. The Mustangs remain third in the CJHL's Top 20 rankings this week after extending their winning streak to 12 games. Melfort started their weekend with a 3-2 win over Humboldt at the Northern Lights Palace on Friday, after the Broncos staked themselves to...

A big six-goal outburst in the third period lifted the Tisdale Trojans to a 7-6 win over the Saskatoon Blazers at the RECPlex on Sunday. The Blazers led 4-1 after two periods, with Cooper Atkinson scoring the lone Trojans goal. Sean Shiels and Justin Whitrow scored two goals in the first minute of the third to cut the ...

The Melfort Mustangs met with the Humboldt Broncos for the first time this season, playing a weekend home-and-home set against their out-of-division rivals.The streaking Mustangs pulled off the two-game sweep on Saturday night, following a 3-2 comeback victory on Friday, with a dominant road effort resulting in a 5-2 w...

The Nipawin Hawks have their first win over La Ronge this Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League (SJHL) season after a 7-4 rout Friday.The Hawks jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the first period on goals by Vito Biondo, Ashton Tait, and Conor Ryan and never relinquished a lead all night. Ryan added a powerplay goal in the third ...

The Battlefords North Stars got back in the win column last night as they beat the Flin Flin Bombers 3-2 in overtime at the Access Communications Centre.In the first period, the North Stars came out strong, putting on early pressure and physicality which resulted in a goal from Jace Rask to put the Battlefords up 1-0.T...

In their final home game before the Christmas break, the Prince Albert Raiders were looking to string together two wins for the first time in five games, along with a little revenge for their last loss to the Brandon Wheat Kings a week ago. With three goals from defenceman and another tipped in off a defenceman's shot,...

The Melfort Mustangs had to rally back Friday night at home, in their first meeting of the season with the Humboldt Broncos.Melfort trailed 2-0 after the first period but were able to pull off the comeback and win the game 3-2."It wasn't looking too good to start, and then Blevs gave us a good ripping into in the ...