North Battleford Beavers hoist NSRBL championship trophy

for all HR matters, which Mayor Leslie said temporarily allows the council to deal with HR matters in lieu of a CAO.

“This is in regards to council if we have another incident, like we did with one of our managers, it gives council the ability to address it immediately,” the mayor said, noting that this is only a temporary measure until the new CAO is trained.

The mayor noted that no single member of council has the ability to hire or fire staff, but that it must be passed by a majority of council during a meeting. A motion will be made at a future council meeting to remove the interim status.

“Because of how long the seat has been vacant, there are some HR matters that have come to head,” Mayor Leslie added.

“This is the approaching council needs to be able to address these HR matters … and this is the legal, transparent way to do it.”

By Helena Long Freelance Reporter

After knocking off the second-place Meadow Lake Sox in two straight games in a semifinal series to make it to the North Saskatchewan Baseball League final, the North Battleford Beavers used their batting power to become the 2023 NSRBL champions.

Meeting the Unity Cardinals, who had knocked off first-place Standard Hill Lakers in their semifinals, the Beavers won the championship round in two straight games, 13-3, July 30 on their home diamond, and 9-3 in Unity, Aug. 1.

The Cards and Beavers had played to a 13-all tie in their first meeting of the season, way back on May 30. Meeting again in the last game of the regular season, July 6 – in less of a hitting contest – the Beavers won 3-1.

Enroute to the NSRBL final, it took three games for the third-place Beavers

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Beaver Connor Neave is about to dive for the base, while Cardinals’ third baseman Rob Cey waits for the ball to arrive. Cey was able to tag Neave before Neave’s hand touched the base, but Beavers still won the game 9-3 to clinch the NSRBL championship. Looking on is Bryce Gatzke of the Beavers. to beat the Glaslyn Orioles in the first round. They then made short work of both Meadow Lake and Unity to take home the trophy.

Meanwhile, fourthplace Unity had won their series against the Lloydminster Twins in two straight games, before bat- tling Standard Hill in the semifinal.

Beaver Gavin Nolin was named league MVP and won the Top Hitter award earlier this summer. His batting average was .585.

Next up for the Beavers is Senior AA Tier 2 provincials in Yorkton, Aug. 11-13.