Local Sports

Former MVP Gavin Nolin reflects on road to baseball stardom with Trappers

Since he was seven years old, North Battleford's Gavin Nolin has always had a second home during the spring season on the local baseball diamond.While his first love may have been on the ice, growing ...

May 28, 2021

Battlefords Minor Baseball expected to begin games next week

Blue skies and baseball tend to go hand-in-hand, so it only makes sense that both are expected to come together next week in the Battlefords.The Battlefords Minor Baseball Association (BMBI) is set to...

May 28, 2021

SJHL coaches to meet next week in Nipawin

The Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League (SJHL) will be holding a coaches meeting featuring staff from each of the league's 12 member teams next week. Taking place June 3-5 in Nipawin, the meetings will ...

May 27, 2021

North Sask. River Baseball League to begin play early next month

Spring is in full swing, and before long, senior baseball will be too.The North Sask. River Baseball League (NSRBL) announced Wednesday their season will begin early next month, with a schedule that w...

May 26, 2021

North Stars searching for 'right fit' at assistant coach

The Battlefords North Stars are in the market for an assistant coach.Following the announcement last week that assistant, Rob Holoien would be stepping away from his position to move closer to home, t...

May 26, 2021

Local soccer programs could begin games next week following provincial announcement

The Battlefords' minor soccer programs could begin playing games as early as next week, following Tuesday's announcement from the province that outdoor sports have been added to Step One of Saskatchew...

May 25, 2021

Battlefords Minor Softball swings into action in community

The Battlefords Minor Softball Association threw out their first pitch of the season last week and officially cracked the bat on a new spring season. This year marks a return to the regular May-June s...

May 14, 2021

'We're going to do some special things': Melfort's Holoien named head coach of Thunder

The Carrot River Outback Thunder have brought back a familiar face to be their head coach.The team announced on Friday Rob Holoien would be the teams new bench boss. The Melfort native returns to coac...

May 14, 2021

Stars asst. coach Rob Holoien leaves team with wealth of memories, a cup champion

"An absolute blast, and a blessing."That is how assistant coach Rob Holoien perhaps best summed up his time behind the bench for the Battlefords North Stars, reflecting Thursday on his last three year...

May 13, 2021

Battlefords youth soccer programs kick off in community

The Battlefords Youth Soccer program and Battlefords United Football Club (BUFC) have kicked off their spring seasons in the community. Head coach and competitive coordinator with BUFC, Kat Huxley sai...

May 12, 2021