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NBCHS senior girls clinch school’s first-ever HOOPLA Championship
The North Battleford Comprehensive High School (NBCHS) senior girls basketball team clinched the school's first-ever HOOPLA Championship over the weekend. The Vikings' senior girls began their tournam...
Mar 26, 2019 The NBCHS senior girls basketball team took home their first HOOPLA championship in school history over the weekend. Making it to the prestigious tournament for the ninth time in the last 10 seasons, Head Coach Bryan Cottini called the victory an emotional one for not only the players who won, but former players who followed the team’s journey to the championship. (Martin Martinson/battlefordsNOW Staff)
North Stars and Bombers prepare for winner-take-all Game 7
The Battlefords North Stars and Flin Flon Bombers will play the final installment of their first round best-of-seven playoff series in a winner-take-all game seven tonight at the Civic Centre. One of ...
Mar 26, 2019 The North Stars will lean heavily on their core pieces, Braydon Buziak, MacGregor Sinclair and Cody Spagrud (pictured here: left to right) in Game 7 tonight with the Stars' season on the line. (Martin Martinson/battlefordsNOW Staff)
Île-à-la-Crosse students sweep robotics competition in Saskatoon
Students from Rossignol High School in le--la-Crosse received first, second and third place at the Saskatchewan Polytechnic Robot Rumble. The competition was held March 21 in Saskatoon and consisted o...
Mar 26, 2019 Mike Yole and Jeremy Corrigal were first place winners at the Robot Rumble. (submitted photo/Saskatchewan Polytechnic)
Sweating for a cause
A number of people turned out to the Spin Studio Prince Albert Saturday to work out for a good cause.Sweat for Stars was organized by the Union of Canadian Correctional Officers in P.A. and aimed to r...
Mar 25, 2019 Participants at the Spin Studio Prince Albert (John Lambiris/Facebook)
Midget AA Barons crowned champions of Centre Four
It didn't come easy, but the Battlefords AA Midget Barons are now the champions of the Centre Four Midget Division.The win last night capped off a hard-fought season by the crew, and after a roller-co...
Mar 25, 2019 The Battlefords Midget AA Barons are the champions of the Centre Four League. (Twitter/Neil Gamble)
Relay for Life 2019 kicks off
Relay for Life 2019 has officially kicked off in Prince Albert.On Monday afternoon, the organizing committee hosted a fundraising barbecue at the Senator Allen Bird Memorial Gymnasium. The event was h...
Mar 25, 2019 Marni Mullis spoke to those who came out Monday afternoon (Michael Joel-Hansen/paNOW Staff)
Huxley snags provincial honour
It was a big night for Battlefords Youth Soccer, and ultimately, Kat Huxley.Huxley who coaches the Battlefords United FC and acts as the president and competitive coordinator was named the Saskatchewa...
Mar 25, 2019 Kat Huxley and Udo Baecker pose with Huxley's award at the SSA AGM (Facebook/Kat Huxley)
Bombers pull even in series with Stars, force Game 7
The Battlefords North Stars fell 6-4 to the Flin Flon Bombers Sunday in Game 6 of their first round playoff matchup at the Whitney Forum in Flin Flon. The Bombers' victory pushes the series the distan...
Mar 25, 2019 A chippy series throughout, Stars' forward Matthias Urbanski and Bomber's forward Vincent Nardone, pictured here jawing on their way back to their respective benches.
Stars aim to close out Bombers in Game 6
The Battlefords North Stars head to the Whitney Forum tonight for Game 6 of their first round quarterfinal matchup with the Flin Flon Bombers, holding a 3-2 lead in the teams' best-of-seven series. Wi...
Mar 24, 2019 Stars’ centerman MacGregor Sinclair and Bombers’ pivot Nate Hooper each led their respective teams in scoring this season, and have logged countless minutes against one another this series. Each scored their first two goals of the series, while picking up three points apiece Wednesday night in Game 5. (Martin Martinson/battlefordsNOW Staff)
Métis Nation reaching out in P.A.
The Mtis Nation of Saskatchewan is working to connect with members in the Prince Albert area.In this spirit the organization held an all-day information session Saturday at cole Valois School where pe...
Mar 24, 2019 A number of booths were set up to provide people information Saturday (Michael Joel-Hansen/paNOW Staff)