Growing up in North Battleford, Rueben Mayes had lofty goals and dreams. He surpassed all of them in his football career. Mayes rewrote the school’s rushing record book in his four years at Washington State University (WSU) in Pullman, Washington. Read more →
Accomplishments: Western Canadian Senior Hockey Champions (Allan Cup), 1935 In the 1933-34 season the North Battleford Beavers dominated the Amateur Hockey League. So the following season the Beavers were considered to be frontrunners for the Canadian Senior Hockey Championship and Read more →
Dave King was born in North Battleford and began his coaching career as an assistant coach with the University of Saskatchewan Huskies in 1972. This experience led him to work at a number of levels in Saskatoon including bantam in Read more →
Emile Francis was well known throughout the province, his hockey and baseball roots stemming from North Battleford. Francis played his junior hockey career with the Moose Jaw Canucks and from there joined the National Hockey League’s (NHL) Chicago Blackhawks at Read more →
Elmer Hazzard began water skiing in 1960. By 1970, he won the Regina Beach Open Trick Skiing event and the Stoney Lake Senior Men’s overall title. The following year he won three trick events, the Saskatchewan Open, the Stoney Lake Read more →
In 1982, Clayton Gerein suffered an accident while training racehorses and was left without the use of his legs but his competitive spirit remained intact. Within two years of his accident, Clayton was competing at an international level. He competed Read more →
Lloyd Saunders began his sports career as an athlete, but in 1945, changed his focus from athlete to broadcaster. He soon became known as the radio voice of the Saskatchewan Roughriders, and in 1948 was the first Saskatchewan broadcaster to Read more →