The Northwest Sharks U18 AA team made history Sunday night in North Battleford, taking home a 2-1 win in Game 3 of their provincial final series with the Regina Rebels, to win their first provincial championship in franchise history. Goaltender, Shelbi Thunderblanket stopped 37-of-38 Regina shots to backstop the team t...

The U18 AA Northwest Sharks return to action Wednesday night at the Access Communications Centre, for Game 1 of their best-of-three provincial finals series with the Regina Rebels.Coming off a franchise-first as Saskatchewan Female Hockey League U18 AA North Division champions, the series marks the final hurdle to a pr...

The top-seeded Concordia Stingers defeated the U of S Huskies 4-0 in the second quarter-final of the 2024 GFL USPORTS women's hockey championships, presented by Connect Energy, on Thursday night at Merlis Belsher Place. Concordia opened the scoring on an Emmy Fecteau shot that hit a stick and fluttered over goaltender ...

It's a wrap!Around 70 participants from across Saskatchewan descended on the Northland Power Curling Centre in North Battleford from March 4 to 6 to take part in the Saskatchewan Senior Fitness Association (SSFA) 55+ Games curling competition, hosted by the Twin Rivers Curling Club. SSFA vice-president and host committ...

Delainee Rogers first developed a love for volleyball in Grade 6. "My homeroom teacher wanted to start a team; he saw potential in my classmates and I," she said, noting they started a junior team. Now, the girl from Edam will be heading to North Bay, Ontario to play for the Canadore College Panthers this fal...

The Carpenter High School proved to their opponents that leading into this weekend's basketball tournament why they bear the name of the feared fighting force of antiquity: Spartans. Last weekend, they held a home tournament for eight teams across the province, including Makwa Sahgaiehcan, North Battleford, Melfort, an...

The Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League (SJHL) has said no teams are leaving its competition after teams from Alberta decided to jump ship to B.C.On Sunday, the Alberta Junior Hockey League (AJHL) issued a statement confirming five games from the weekend would be cancelled after learning five teams were defecting to the ...

The 2024 Viterra Scotties are now complete in Tisdale, as Saskatchewan has crowned a new provincial women's champion.Team Ackerman, out of the Nutana Curling Club in Saskatoon, booked a trip to their first Canadian Women's Championship, on Sunday evening, with a 10-9 win in extra ends over Team Martin."It's absolu...

The NorthWest Stars U18 AA hockey team are in action this weekend in Regina, for the Fred McBeth Western Canadian U18 AA Tournament. Taking place at the Queen City's Co-operators Centre Friday through Sunday (Jan. 12-14), the NorthWest Stars are guaranteed to play three games through the round-robin schedule, with the ...

The Battlefords AAA Stars are taking their game on the road this weekend, for a neutral-site contest in front of a new crowd, at Pineridge Ford Place at Flying Dust First Nation. Playing host to the Prince Albert Mintos, the game will be a homecoming of sorts for a trio of Stars' players, as each of Kash Alger-East, Ca...

The Prince Albert Raiders spoiled the annual Teddy Bear Toss night in Calgary on Sunday as they knocked off the Hitmen 5-2.Teddy bears were tossed on to Saddledome ice after the Hitmen tied the game at 1-1 in the first period. Following a lengthy delay to clean up the stuffed animals, the Raiders re-took the lead at 2-...

The Prince Albert Raiders dropped the second game of the three-in-three road trip on Saturday night, falling the to the Medicine Hat Tigers 6-2 at Co-op Place. The loss comes a day after narrowly escaping Swift Current with a 4-3 shootout win over the Broncos. The night was a special game for the Tigers as the contest ...

The Makwa Sahgaiehcan Falcons senior boys' volleyball team recently brought home a silver medal at 2A provincials in Pambrun and Ponteix, SK.Makwa opened their tournament with straight-sets wins over Birch Hills (25-14; 25-14), Kincaid (25-22; 25-17), and Moose Jaw's Cornerstone (25-20; 26-24) through round-robin play....

The Western Hockey League (WHL) announced on Thursday the appointment of Dan Near as the league's next commissioner. The 43-year-old will be the ninth commissioner in league history and the successor to current commissioner Ron Robison, who's held the position since 2000. "It's a tremendous honour to have been sel...

The Carpenter High School senior boys volleyball team recently capped their season in memorable fashion, taking home a provincial gold medal over the weekend, in Melfort. For the Spartans' senior boys, it marks their second straight 4A provincial championship, as the team went undefeated on their road to the top of the...

The Brandon Wheat Kings prevailed at the Art Hauser Centre on Sunday night, downing the Prince Albert Raiders 3-1. The defeat is the second in as many days for the club as the Raiders were dealt a 6-3 loss at the hands of the Moose Jaw Warriors on Saturday. Carrot River's Jayden Wiens earned first star honours in the c...

Dan Hodgson is now one of the few players from the Prince Albert Raiders organization to have their number retired by the club. During a pregame ceremony Saturday night against the Moose Jaw Warriors, Hodgson witnessed his number 16 get raised to the rafters of the Art Hauser Centre next to Dave Manson's number 4 and M...

As the 2023-24 curling season begins to ramp up for the Robyn Silvernagle rink, many curling fans around Saskatchewan are wondering if this is her team's year.For the past five years the Silvernagle Squad, which represents the Twin Rivers Curling Club in North Battleford has been on the cusp of reaching its goal, the B...

High school volleyball in Saskatchewan will wrap up for another year following the last of the provincial championships set to be played this weekend. They include the Boys 1A in Annaheim and Lake Lenore, 2A in Pambrun and Ponteix, 3A in Unity, and 4A in Melfort with ten teams competing in each of the four tournaments....

All Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League clubs have now returned home, as the 2023 SJHL Showcase is officially in the books.The four-day, 12-game event wrapped up late Thursday afternoon, as the last four teams played their second and final contests in Warman."It has been excellent hockey," League Commissioner, ...

His brother dared him to get on a cow when he was 10. Now, 19 years later, Cody Coverchuk is going into the 2023 PBR (Professional Bull Rider) Canada National Finals as the number-one ranked rider in Canada."That's kind of a new experience for me; I never went into the PBR Canada Finals being the guy that everybod...

The first night of the 2023 Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League Showcase has come and gone at the Warman Home Centre Communiplex.The annual event now pushed back to mid-November, gives all 12 SJHL teams a chance to have their players seen by scouts from across North America.Levels run from simple prairie collegiate compe...

The Prince Albert Raiders saw their mini two-game win streak snapped Saturday night south of the border as the team fell 5-4 to the Tri-City Americans in front of a boisterous crowd at the Toyota Center.It was the first loss of the season-long seven-game road trip for the Raiders, a trip that is taking them through the...

It will be a busy weekend on the court for many high school volleyball teams in the province, including some who are close to home. The Saskatchewan High School Athletic Association's (SHSAA) 1-5A Girl's Regional volleyball championships are taking place this weekend along with the 1-3A Boy's Conference volleyball cham...

A valiant comeback effort by the Prince Alberta Raiders ultimately came up short on Sunday in Moose Jaw as the Raiders fell 5-4 to the Warriors at Moose Jaw Events Centre.Moose Jaw forward Jagger Firkus had three goals, with all three tallies stemming from Raiders turnovers."It's disappointing...he had three again...

The Prince Albert Mintos remain at the top of the standings following another week of play in the SMAAAHL.The Mintos had a pair of games against the Saskatoon Blazers with the first happening on Wednesday night and the other on Sunday afternoon.Prince Albert was on the road for their game on Wednesday and came back to ...

With less than two minutes to go, a hazy sun peered through the clouds and in what seemed like a moment of destiny, the North Battleford Comprehensive High School (NBCHS) came out the victors on the home gridiron with a 35-21 win over Prince Albert's St. Mary's Marauders."Very happy for the Grade 12s right now, th...

The Prince Albert Raiders managed to pull out a 4-2 victory over the Swift Current Broncos on Saturday night in what was a chippy game at the Art Hauser Centre.Fueled by a three-goal first period by Prince Albert and some nasty hits by a pair of Swift Current forwards in the second, tempers flared in the third as multi...