Back in May of 2025, the Battlefords North Stars named Connor Logan as their new head coach and general manager. Moving from Victoria, B.C., to North Battleford, SK is a big change, but for Logan the community is familiar territory. "I played five years of junior hockey and finished my career with the North Stars ...

The reigning 5A Provincial Champions are set to storm the grid iron on Friday night as the Carlton Crusaders kick off the new North Saskatchewan Football League (NSFL) season on home turf. The team is set to host the North Battleford Comprehensive Vikings at Max Clunie Field after they dropped their lone preseason cont...

The Vanity Cup Committee has issued an update on the event going forward. "As we gear up for the 32nd edition of the Vanity Cup, we want to thank all of our anglers, sponsors, and supporters who've helped make this tournament a pillar of the community for over three decades," their social media post read. &qu...

The Melfort Mustangs have completed their opening pair of preseason games this year.Melfort split with their rival Nipawin Hawks, as both teams won at home.The Mustangs won in their rink on Monday in comeback fashion by a score of 4-3, before falling on the road Tuesday, 5-0."I think we have to work on our play a ...

A former Melfort Mustang is looking to take the next step in his hockey career by joining a professional league.Ashton Paul, a member of last year's Sangs squad, has earned a Professional Tryout (PTO) with the Huntsville Havoc of the Southern Professional Hockey League (SPHL)."I'm excited to head out that way. I'm...

The Battlefords North Stars are in Bonnyville, Alta. tonight to start their preseason against the Bonnyville Pontiacs of the Alberta Junior Hockey League (AJHL) at 7 p.m. MDT at R.J. Lalonde Arena. The Stars have 14 new players in tonight's lineup, and six players returning from last season. Even among those six, four ...

The Melfort Mustangs have made a trade to bolster their backend.Melfort is acquiring former number one overall pick, Rhett Vedress, from the Kindersley Klippers.In exchange, the Mustangs are sending away a player development fee and a 2027 third-round pick.Vedress, a native of Annaheim, Saskatchewan, has spent parts of...

Warman Wolverines Head Coach and General Manager Brett Pilkington is preparing his team for the upcoming season as the franchise makes it's SJHL debut in the coming weeks.Since the Notre Dame Hounds relocated from Wilcox, Sask. in the summer, there have been major changes - from the team name to the coaching staff, alo...

The beginning of the Melfort Mustangs' 2025/26 campaign has officially arrived, as the organization hosted its three-day-long training camp over the weekend.Seventy-five hockey players began competing for spots on Friday evening, with that number now closer to 35, as the team's exhibition schedule begins tonight (Monda...

Four games of the preseason are in the books for the Prince Albert Raiders, but the script was flipped on Sunday where the Raiders got to cheer on their fans instead at the Second Annual Raiders Run. With 2 km, 5 km, and 10 km options for people to walk and run, the event serves as another one of the fundraisers for th...

The helmets were gleaming under the sunlight at Lion Park on Sept. 5, the crowd at over 150, and for the first time in six years, Carpenter High's Spartans charged onto the football field. It wasn't the dream start on the scoreboard. Kindersley Kobras left with a 49-6 victory. But for head coach Coleton Ethier, the rea...

With three of the six games of the preseason already in the books, the Prince Albert Raiders headed to Warman on Saturday night for the fourth and final preseason game against the Saskatoon Blades. The Raiders lead for most of the game, but the Blades managed to tie it late and take the win in overtime.The Raiders stru...

Football season is here, and all different age groups are hitting the gridiron through the fall months, with some changes going on around the league. Overall, Prince Albert Minor Football has seen a solid year for numbers registering to take part, and already this weekend, teams are hitting the field. There are some ch...

The Saskatchewan Roughriders will look to end a streak of losses when travelling to Manitoba.Saskatchewan will take on the Bombers in the Labour Day rematch in Winnipeg today. The Riders have gone 0-9 in their last meaningful games to Winnipeg, the last win coming back in 2018. Kickoff for the game is set for 2 p.m. Sa...

The first half of the preseason is officially in the books after the Prince Albert Raiders hosted the Saskatoon Blades for the third meeting between the two clubs in the same week. This game saw a more veteran heavy presence from both teams, and the Raiders took advantage with a big 7-1 win.Both teams started off with ...

High school volleyball teams from across Saskatchewan are in Prince Albert this weekend for the first big scale tournament of the season. The first points were scored Friday afternoon at St. Mary High School where 16 boys' teams from around the province are competing. Rene Quintal has held the reins of the St. Mary sen...

The Humboldt Broncos have made another addition to their roster in the midst of their preseason action.Forward Logan Flint is joining the Green and Gold, coming over from the British Columbia Hockey League (BCHL).Flint spent all of last season with the BCHL's West Kelowna Warriors, registering a goal and five assists i...

NHL teams have started to announce their rosters for upcoming rookie camps, and three Prince Albert Raiders are amongst the players heading out to camps after this weekend's preseason action. Captain Justice Christensen is heading to camp with the Detroit Red Wings, the newly acquired Max Heise is heading to San Jose S...

Matt Henry has become the newest Prince Albert-born player to go pro. The 21-year-old put pen to paper with the Tulsa Oilers of the ECHL, formerly the East Coast Hockey League, after two seasons with the Brandon Wheat Kings in the Western Hockey League (WHL). Standing at 6'2", 216 lbs, Henry played in 94 games for...

A Melfort hockey player has committed to an NCAA Division I hockey program, instead of returning to the WHL for his fifth and final season.Twenty-year-old Nate Misskey will be joining the UMass Lowell River Hawks in Lowell, Massachusetts, after parts of four seasons with the Western Hockey League's (WHL) Victoria Royal...

After opening the preseason with a 4-1 loss in an all rookie/prospect matchup with the Saskatoon Blades, a few veterans were sprinkled into the lineup for both teams as the Prince Albert Raiders welcomed the Blades for a rematch. The Raiders had the lead twice, but the Blades would come back and take the win 5-4 in a s...

A Tisdale Trojan has now officially signed with the Western Hockey League (WHL) team that drafted him.Lanigan native Kash Elke signed a WHL Scholarship and Development Agreement with the Moose Jaw Warriors."Kash had a very good camp and proved to us he is going to be a big part of the organization moving forward,&...

After nearly seven months of waiting, the Access Communications Centre (ACC) will soon be filled with the sounds of the scraping of blades on the rink and the mix of cheers - and sometimes boos - from the crowd. The Battlefords North Stars are set to open their exhibition schedule Sept. 7 with the annual Art Strueby Cu...

The sound of sneakers on pavement and cheers from the crowd filled Lions Park in Meadow Lake on Saturday as 22 teams went head-to-head in the city's fourth annual 3-on-3 basketball tournament.Organizer Aden Wilson, a financial advisor with Sun Life Financial, said the event has become about more than just the games.&qu...

A local chuckwagon driver had a career year this season, doing something he had never done before.In his fifteenth season on the World Professional Chuckwagon Association (WPCA) Tour, Evan Salmond had a penalty-free year."We just stayed consistent and stayed clean the whole year. We never took a single driving pen...

Training camp for the Prince Albert Raiders 2025-26 season is officially in the books, and now decision time is ahead for General Manager Curtis Hunt. When it comes to the level of compete and how the veterans welcomed the young guns, Hunt said he couldn't be happier. "I was tickled by camp. I thought the players ...

Mario Alford is back to provide a spark for the Saskatchewan Roughriders.The dynamic kick returner has been out since July 7 with a hip injury. Prior to his injury, Alford was averaging 30.9 yards per kick return - that's currently the second-highest average in the league (Hamilton Tiger-Cats returner Isaiah Wooden has...

Ajou Ajou is back in Saskatchewan Roughriders green."It's a great day to be alive," said the 23-year-old pass-catcher. "It's bittersweet but I'm coming home to some fans and people who love me so I'm all for it. I'm happy."Ajou was taken in the seventh round (59th overall) of the 2024 CFL Draft by t...