Local Sports

One step forward, one step back.

The 2016 CFL season hasn’t started yet, but the Saskatchewan Roughriders have already caught their first touchdown of the year with assistance from the Canadian Red Cross and SaskTel.

The road to Districts for the Kamsack Comprehensive Institute senior badminton team began on April 18 with round one of playoffs and a total of 16 Spartan athletes competing for a chance to advance.

Cara Zubko’s career in hockey began at an early age and skyrocketed through the years. Her love of the game has kept her goals in sight and she concentrated on her hockey career.

“Preeceville Minor Baseball is happy to report that it is having another positive year,” said Andrea Tonn, organizer. “We have approximately 50 kids registered with Saskatchewan Baseball this year. The age groups range from T-ball to mosquito.

Grade school basketball teams from schools across the city and surrounding area gathered last week for their final’s tournament. The event was played on the courts of St. Micheal’s and M.C. Knoll Schools and the Gloria Hayden Centre.

The 2015/16 Yorkton Minor Hockey season was punctuated recently as a total of four local players were selected in the 2016 WHL Bantam Draft.

In 2015, the South-East Senior Baseball League’s Yorkton Yankees had the strongest season they could have, taking home the provincial championship, league championship and getting voted Saskatchewan Baseball Association senior team of the year.

If you follow baseball, then by now you’ve most likely heard about the situation between the Toronto Blue Jays and Texas Rangers, or, more specifically, Blue Jays’ slugger Jose Bautista and Rangers’ middle infielder Roughned Odor.

Gymnastics Saskatchewan held its 2016 Provincial Championships at the Nexera Flexihall in Yorkton. The three-day event, which concluded Sunday, featured athletes from across the province competing in the full range of gumnastics disciplines.