Category Archives: Local Sports
Friday's Scoreboard
WHL Second Round Playoff Series - Best of Seven Prince Albert 6, Saskatoon 1 (Prince Albert leads series 3-2)Everett 4, Spokane 1 (Spokane leads series 3-1)SJHL Canalta Cup Final Round - Best of Seven...
Apr 13, 2019
Shooting stars put up six in Game 1 win over Mustangs
The Battlefords North Stars defeated the Melfort Mustangs 6-2 Friday night at the Civic Centre. The victory gives the Stars a 1-0 lead over the Mustangs in the teams' best-of-seven Canalta Cup Final s...
Apr 13, 2019 North Stars Seth Summers (#27), Matthew Fletcher (#4) and MacGregor Sinclair (#19), pictured here celebrating with Owen Lamb (#21) after the North Battleford, product brought the hometown crowd to their feet at a packed Civic Centre. (Martin Martinson/battlefordsNOW Staff)
Stars welcome Mustangs to home barn for Game 1 of Canalta Cup Final
The Battlefords North Stars return to action tonight for Game 1 of the Canalta Cup Finals, as the team will play host to the Melfort Mustangs at the NB Civic Centre. The North Stars are coming off ser...
Apr 12, 2019 The North Stars held a 1-3 record against the Mustangs this season, and will be looking to reverse that trend in the first game of the final tonight at the Civic Centre. (Martin Martinson/battlefordsNOW Staff)
Silvernagle looking to solidify herself as a force in women's curling in Toronto
Biggar's Robyn Silvernagle is on her path of solidifying her spot as one of the great curlers of 2019.The skip of her foursome, who curls out of the Twin Rivers Curling Club in North Battleford had a ...
Apr 12, 2019 Silvernagle is 3-1 thus far at the Players Championship in Toronto at Ryerson (Tyler Marr/battlefordsNOW staff)
Stars’ coach, Klimosko 'enjoying the ride' in first season with team
For North Stars' head coach, Brayden Klimosko, the 2018-19 season has been a long time in the making. After spending three seasons as assistant coach with his hometown Humboldt Broncos from 2013-16, a...
Apr 11, 2019 In his first season as head coach of the North Stars, Brayden Klimosko led the team to a division-title, and the second seed overall in the SJHL Playoffs. The team will now play Melfort in the league Final for the Canalta Cup Championship. (Martin Martinson/battlefordsNOW Staff)
Wednesday's Scoreboard
Wednesday's GamesWHLPA 1, Saskatoon 4Series tied at 2 NHL Playoffs First RoundColumbus 4 Tampa Bay 3(Columbus leads series 1-0) N.Y. Islanders 4 Pittsburgh 3 (OT)(N.Y. Islanders leads series 1-0) St. ...
Apr 11, 2019 (file photo/battlefordsNOW staff)
Rookie Stars emerge on Battlefords’ run to finals
The Battlefords North Stars have seen all kinds of contribution from their first-year players in the team's run this year to the Canalta Cup Final. Of the team's 31 goals this post-season, 17 have bee...
Apr 10, 2019 Back Row (L-R): Noah Form, Adam Dmyterko, Dylan Esau, Brett Gammer, Kaden Boser, Tanner Scott, Ryan Granville, Quintin Loon-Stewardson Front Row (L-R): Austin Becker, Seth Summers, Garrett Johnson, Logan Spence
Water Doves perform swimmingly at provincials
The Battlefords Water Doves Synchronized Swim Club returned from the Sadie Caulder Knight Provincial Stream Championships in Saskatoon with a handful of hardware. Fifteen members of the Water Doves co...
Apr 10, 2019 The Battlefords Water Doves Synchronized Swim Club returned from the Sadie Caulder Knight Provincial Stream Championships in Saskatoon with a handful of hardware. (submitted photos)
Grzybowski shines for Stars, provides rock en route to finals
At just 19 years old, Joel Grzybowski has been around the junior hockey game for quite some time. Now in his third full season with the North Stars, Grzybowski has already amassed 89 career regular se...
Apr 09, 2019 North Stars' goaltender, Joel Grzybowski has seemingly only gotten better the more pucks sent his way, as the goalie has posted a .963 save percentage over the five games this post-season in which he has faced 40-or-more shots. (Martin Martinson/battlefordsNOW Staff)
Finals solidified: Stars to play Mustangs for Canalta Cup
The Melfort Mustangs defeated the Estevan Bruins 3-2 Sunday night to take their semifinal best-of-seven series in six games, 4-2. With the victory, the Mustangs will now move on to the Canalta Cup Fin...
Apr 08, 2019 The Battlefords North Stars will play the Melfort Mustangs in the Canalta Cup Final. (Tyler Marr)