Local Sports

The growth of basketball in Yorkton is starting to show, as yet another member of a YRHS Raider basketball team has selected to a provincial team.

The Yorkton Pirates Tennis Club is currently looking for local area youths under the age of 14 (as of January 1) to compete in the sport of tennis at the 2016 Saskatchewan Summer Games in Estevan July 24-30.

A 12-year-old member of Cote First Nation is the proud owner of a second silver medal he won in the sport of archery.

The Parkland Expos Midget ‘AAA’ Baseball Club embarked on one of their longest road trips of the season this past weekend, first traveling to Lloydminster for a doubleheader against the Northwest Prairie Pirates on Saturday before heading to Saskatoo

For the past four years, the Yorkton Filipino community have shared their love of basketball with the rest of the city through the outlet known as the Parkland Basketball Association (PBA).

The Yorkton Cardinals have signed a new head coach for the 2016 summer season. Omaha, Nebraska, native Bryn Biancalana will be the new bench boss for the Cardinals this season, taking over for former Cardinal player and coach Kameron Mizzell.

Things didn’t seem to be too promising for California-based football coach John Bankhead and his team of football coaches as they pulled into Yorkton for the first time on Friday.

What a difference a decade makes. Ten years ago Yorkton Minor Football (YMF) was in its infancy stage, struggling to draw in youth players and having a hard time providing basic equipment and quality coaching.

The YRHS Raider archery team put a successful end to their 2016 season this past weekend, travelling to Weyburn for the 2016 Provincials – South Division and returning home with several medals.

Four members of Yorkton Kees Tae Kwon Do will be off to Calgary from May 12-15 to take part in the 2016 Canadian Nationals.