Category Archives: Local Sports
Battlefords Sharks conclude the season with their year-end banquet
After their most successful season in franchise history winning the Fedoruk Cup for the first time, the Battlefords WPD Ambulance Sharks officially put a cap on their 2025-26 season with their awards ...
Apr 21, 2026 The Battlefords WPD Ambulance Sharks handed out various awards at their team banquet to conclude the 2025-26 season. (Image Credit: Ashley Rafuse)
Battlefords AAA Stars hand out awards at team banquet
Over the weekend, the Battlefords AAA Stars officially concluded the 2025-26 season with their awards banquet, handing out various awards including most valuable player, top defenceman and rookies of ...
Apr 20, 2026 The Battlefords AAA Stars capped off their season with their year end banquet over the weekend. (Image Credit: U18 AAA Stars/Facebook)
'We never get that opportunity': UBC-led rugby camp in Meadow Lake opens door to next-level play
For rugby players in Meadow Lake, a visit from university-level coaches is offering something rarely seen in northern Saskatchewan - a chance to be evaluated at the next level without leaving home.A c...
Apr 20, 2026 Jake Thiel, a former Canadian Olympic rugby sevens player, works with a player during a training session at the Co-op Centre in Meadow Lake on April 11, 2026. (Image Credit: SheDevils and EL Diablos Rudby)
Newly formed senior hockey league aims to renew small town rivalries
A new senior hockey league in Central Saskatchewan is set to drop the puck in the fall. The freshly formed Eagle Creek Hockey League (ECHL) will be made up of nine teams from three existing leagues in...
Apr 18, 2026 The Blaine Lake Raiders and the Hafford Mustangs are two of the nine clubs that form the new Eagle Creek Hockey League (ECHL), which is set to debut next season. Here, players from the Raiders and Mustangs collide during a regular season game in the Sask. Prairie Hockey League (SPHL) in Hafford on Jan. 31, 2025. (Image Credit: Hafford Mustangs/Facebook)
Battlefords North Stars look back on the 2025-26 season
After being eliminated from the Sask. Junior Hockey League (SJHL) semifinals in seven games to the Yorkton Terriers, the Battlefords North Stars have completed their exit interviews, cleaned out their...
Apr 18, 2026 The Battlefords North Stars came within just one win of the Canterra Seeds Cup Final, but were eliminated in game seven of the SJHL semifinals by the Yorkton Terriers. (Image Credit: Byron Hildebrand Photography/Facebook)
North Stars graduating 20-year-olds reflect on their junior hockey careers
As the Battlefords North Stars season concludes, so does the junior hockey career of five of the North Stars graduating players. Some played their entire career with the North Stars, some only came fo...
Apr 17, 2026 The Battlefords North Stars are graduating five 20-year-olds as their season concludes. (Image Credit: Byron Hildebrand Photography/Facebook)
Aerial Athletics Cheer season concludes with the All-Star Cheer Extravaganza
This past weekend, the Aerial Cheer Athletics club concluded the cheer season in Edmonton at the All-Star Cheer Extravaganza. Both the U12 Nova team and U16 Eclipse team placed fourth in their respect...
Apr 16, 2026 Aerial Cheer Athletics capped off their season with two fourth place finishes by their U12 and U16 teams. (Image Credit: Aerial Cheer Athletics/Facebook)
North Stars eliminated from the playoffs with 6-3 game seven loss to the Yorkton Terriers
After a back-and-forth game seven and series, the Battlefords North Stars season has come to a heartbreaking end. The North Stars fell in game seven of the SJHL semifinals, 6-3 to the Yorkton Terriers...
Apr 16, 2026 The North Stars season ended with a 6-3 game seven loss against the Yorkton Terriers. (Image Credit: Ryan Lambert/battlefordsNOW staff)
North Stars in winner take all game seven against the Yorkton Terriers
The Battlefords North Stars are back in Yorkton to face off with the Terriers in game seven of the SJHL semifinals. It's the biggest game of the entire season so far and will be the last for one of th...
Apr 15, 2026 The winners of the North Stars/Terriers and Red Wings/Bombers game sevens will meet in the 2026 Canterra Seeds Cup finals. (Image Credit: Byron Hildebrand Photography/Facebook)
Yorkton Terriers force game seven with a 6-3 win over the North Stars
The Battlefords North Stars will play in their first game seven since the 2019 season after the Yorkton Terriers took down the North Stars 6-3 in game six. Tylan Henrikson had a pair of goals in the w...
Apr 14, 2026 April 15 will mark the Battlefords North Stars first game seven since 2019 when they beat the Flin Flon Bombers in seven games on the way to a league championship. (Image Credit: Byron Hildebrand Photography/Facebook)