Local Sports

Most of the athletes will be making their high school track and field season debuts at the City Open Wednesday-Thursday at Carlton, but not Katelyn Lehner.

In fact, not only has she been training all year round, but she’s been competing and succeeding.

She capped off a medal filled season with an especially impressive performance at the Kinsmen Indoor Track and Field Championships in Saskatoon Mar. 17, being named the event’s top female and left with three gold medals and three silvers.

Prince Albert golfer Dave Stewart has won the last two May Day Masters Golf Tournaments, but somebody else’s name on the May Day trophy will be engraved this weekend at Cooke Municipal Golf Course.

Stewart, who won the tournament last year by four strokes and in 2010 in a playoff over Trent Kacher, will not be participating in this year’s May Day and leaving the door open for somebody else to step in.

Edmonton      4       Portland     3  (OT)

(Best of 7 final tied 2-2)

Humboldt       3      Soo Ontario    0

(Broncos record is 3-0, they have qualified for the playoffs)

Portland         4        Edmonton      3

(Hawks lead best of 7 final 2-1)

Humboldt       3       Penticton     2 (OT)

(Broncos have 2-0 record)

Local mixed martial artist Chad Isbister will head into the Saturday Night Fights V event in Regina May 5 with two significant advantages.

Not only will he have the support of his brother Evan, who’s also fighting on the card, but he has had hand-to-hand instruction from a UFC legend, Wanderlei “The Axe Murderer” Silva.

Last year, Chad tried out and won a spot on Fighter Life, Silva’s online reality television show that was produced and broadcasted last year.

There wasn’t much doubt where Kassia Felske would take her volleyball career after graduating from the Carlton Crusaders program this season, accepting a scholarship with the University of Saskatchewan Huskies earlier this year.

Not only do both of her sisters Keltie and Korbin currently attend the UofS, but her father Owen was the goaltender for the Huskies men’s hockey team from 1982-85.

Three Prince Albert hockey players will be anxiously awaiting the results of the 2012 WHL Bantam Draft Thursday in Calgary.

Nobody knows where Matthew Campese, Lochlan Morrison and Reed Gunville will end up, but all have the backing of Frank Fazio, who coached them this past year with the Prince Albert Venice House Bantam AA Raiders.

Shaq Merasty scored at the 3:43 mark of triple overtime as the Portage Terriers defeated the Humboldt Broncos 5-4 on Saturday night at the Elgar Peterson Arena.

After falling behind 3-0 in the Anavet Cup, the Terriers have won three straight games.

Merasty finsihed with two goals while Brendan Harms, Brent Wold and Andrew Wiebe had singles. Robbie Ciolfi, Josh Roach, Kameron Ballas and Andrew Johnston scored the Broncos goals. Adam Iwan made 46 stops in the Portage net. Matt Hrynkiw made 31 saves in the Bronco net.

WHL

Moose Jaw 1 VS. Edmonton 4 (Edmonton advances to final against Portland)

ANAVET CUP FINAL (WESTERN CANADA JUNIOR-A HOCKEY CHAMPIONSHIP)

The race is on for the Anavet Cup with the Humboldt Broncos taking on the Portage Terriers.

The series sits at three games to two for Humboldt.

The Broncos have lost the last two games.

Game 6 goes tonight at 7:30 p.m..  

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This year’s crop for the 2012 Ed Henick Senior Bowl high school football game will be P.A. heavy as Jordan Gabriel-Cannon and Graham Pedersen will represent the Carlton Crusaders, and Logan Darbyshire will represent the St. Mary Marauders.

Not only did they reach the senior bowl, all three had a tremendous impact in every game they played as shown by their dominant statistics.

Chris Best's taste buds are one reason he is coming back to Saturday's Prince Albert Wildlife Federation fish fry.

"Possibly the best fish I ever had last year", said Best. "I don't know if they will be able to do better, but if they do I'll be even more impressed"