Local News

Topics included pipe repairs, future of town water system, possible public meeting

Logan Green looked like the fields of Vietnam in Apocalypse Now. I closed my eyes for a moment, spinning in a circle as the powder flew around me. When I blinked, I saw a vision straight from a Hunter S. Thompson novel.

The Yorkton Atom football team brought their dominant season of play to a disappointing close last weekend, but their coach is still proud of their strong work in the last two months. Yorkton snagged a second-place position after the regular season.

The Yorkton Maulers scored their first victory of the regular season last weekend, hopefully laying the groundwork for more victories after a series of disappointing showings.

With the PBR (Professional Bull Riders) Canada’s Touring Pro Division (TPD) making its inaugural stop in Yorkton at the Grain Millers Harvest Showdown plans are being finalized.

The Yorkton Terriers dropped a pair of weekend home games. The losses leave the Terriers with a 2-4-1 record and five points for third place in the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League’s Viterra Division.

Last Tuesday when I caught site on line of an Americas Rugby News report that the Ontario Arrows had finally come to an agreement which will see them join Major League Rugby (MLR), in 2019, I was more than thrilled.

Young players within Yorkton Minor Hockey will have an organization-wide training program to improve skills this season.

The Yorkton Junior Raiders rolled through a home game against the Regina Schooners, scuttling the visitors 47-8 at Century Field Sunday.

The first points on the board in the Sacred Heart High School Saints’ game against the Broadview Bandits belonged to the Saints, with a field goal putting them up three.