Local Sports

The Yorkton Cardinals of the Western Major Baseball League find themselves at the bottom of the league standings after a few road losses last weekend.

Yorkdale Central School currently holds two city championship basketball titles: one for the female team and one for the male. So it’s safe to say that basketball isn’t an unfamiliar sport for the kids at that school.

The Yorkton Terriers became a team in 1972. For the past 45 years, they have held the title of the most elite hockey team in Yorkton, and they’ve expanded from a team into an entire organization.

On June 16, 300 rainbow trout were added to the Logan Green Fish Pond in Yorkton. The pond is available for anyone to use for catch and release fishing. The pond was first dug up in 2012, but the first stocking of fish did not happen until 2014.

It was a big weekend for Yorkton lacrosse players. The Yorkton Fighting Pikes U19 team won the gold medal at the field lacrosse provincials in Saskatoon. The Yorkton Fighting Pikes U16 team also brought home a bronze medal.

Last week, a group of 16 students of the Kamsack Comprehensive Institute left the school to participate in the school’s seventh annual outdoor education experience.

The temperature was nice and warm for Canora Minor Ball Day on June 3, but the howling wind was another story, making every pop-up and fly ball an adventure into the unknown for fielders, no matter what the age group.

The next generation of dedicated track athletes may have been on display at Outlook Elementary School last week when staff and students held their yearly track and field meet.

Being a girl hasn’t gotten in the way of 15-year-old Lexi Fenske when it comes to playing baseball. Fenske is a rookie pitcher for the Parkland Expos Midget AAA baseball team.

Matthew Mandziuk’s name makes regular appearances in the sports section of Yorkton This Week. The Yorkton Regional High School student athlete not only plays sports like basketball, football, soccer and track and field, but he also excels at them.