Local Sports

The Yorkton Cardinals redeemed themselves against the Swift Current 57s on Jun. 19. It was the lone highlight in a disappointing week of baseball, as the Cardinals struggle to break out of their early season slump.

Twenty-seven athletes participated in the peewee/bantam football program for Grades 5 to 8 this spring. The Spartan football team began practicing during the last week of April until the middle of June.

After two straight disappointing defeats, the Canora Supers responded with a pair of important victories in Southeast Senior Baseball League (SESBL) action.

Camryn Danchilla is a multisport athlete that is being awarded for capturing the Midget girls aggregate award for track and field.

The 19th Annual Charity Golf Classic held at Deer Park Golf Course in Yorkton on June 7 was a huge success with golfers and sponsors raising money to buy medical equipment for five facilities in the region.

Soccer players competed for more than field glory on Saturday. The Yorkton United Football Club (YUFC) hosted a day-long tournament at Logan Green on Jun. 16. Players from Yorkton and Canora raised over $200 for breast cancer research and awareness.

Professional basketball appears headed to Saskatchewan. As you might well have guessed as you read the opening line of this column, it’s not a National Basketball Association franchise.

The Raiders Connecting Raiders program is a way to connect the students in the Yorkton Regional High School and build community, giving them advisory groups with a teacher to guide them through their school career.

With Sask soccer re-structuring age groups from U16 and U18 to U17 and U19, the senior boys were able to play one more summer together in competitive soccer.

The South East Senior Baseball League’s Yorkton E&S Yankees met the Back Forty Brewers for a second time on June 13.