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Hopefully next time we see them, which would be the playoffs, I’d like to play them with our entire roster, with everybody healthy and with us having a balanced attack... — Jason Boyda Offensive coordinator, Sr.

The Sacred Heart Saints opened up their 2015 SHSAA Nine-man football season this past Friday with a road game under the lights in Foam Lake, falling to the host Panthers 36-0.

It wasn’t quite how the Yorkton Peewee Gridder coaching staff drew it up, but in the end the result was still the right one as the Peewee Gridders held off a strong Regina Huskies squad for a 70-44 win in Regina Minor Football Peewee Division action

Eight local golfers – four from Sacred Heart and four from the Regional – competed at the 2015 Saskatchewan High School Athletics Association (SHSAA) Grass Golf Provincial Championships this past weekend at Deer Park Municipal Golf Course in Yorkton.

For years 16-year-old Ben Fetsch stood on the sidelines watching his younger brother Nick do his thing on the pitch, cutting through opposing defenders like a hot knife through butter before unleashing a highlight reel strike that left the opposing k

Off the pitch the members of the Sacred Heart Saints boys’ soccer team are perfect examples as to what being a Saint means. They’re respectful, kind, and always willing to lend a hand.

The YRHS Sr. Raider boys’ volleyball team has shown steady improvement so far this season.

The senior boys’ volleyball team travelled to Humboldt on September 25-26 for a 10 team tournament. Sacred Heart’s pool consisted of Humboldt, Birch Hills, Creighton and Nipawin. In the first match Sacred faced the hometown Humboldt Mohawks.

The 31st Annual Autumn Summit Cross Country Run was held Friday, September 25 at the Saltcoats Regional Park.

The Sacred Heart Saints girls’ soccer team played in the Prince Albert Carlton Classic this past weekend, where they placed third out of a total of eight teams. In the first game the Saints defeated Lloydminster Holy Rosary 3-1.