Local Sports

In the Philippines the sport of basketball is widely regarded as the most important sport in the nation. Much like hockey is in Canada, basketball in the Philippines has become a staple, a necessity, and a lifestyle.

A pair of YRHS Raiders will be representing Saskatchewan at the 2015 Football Canada Cup in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec, from July 13-19.

It’s been quite the prolonged football season for Sacred Heart Saints star Shane Varjassy.

Dirt was flying, hooves were thumping and cowboys were hollering this past week as horse drawn chariot and chuckwagon races entertained thousands of fans at the 2015 Yorkton Exhibition from July 1-3.

The Yorkton Orioles’ 2015 Twilite Maxi (35-plus) Provincial run came to a rough end on Sunday afternoon, falling to the Regina Drifters 7-6 in the ‘A’ Side final at Yorkton’s Jubilee Park to finish second overall out of the 29 teams that had original

The Black Sox and Orioles weren’t the only local area baseball teams taking part in the 2015 Twilite Maxi Provincial Tournament in Yorkton and Melville this past weekend.

Years ago, before the Yorkton Yankees and WMBL Yorkton Cardinals, the City of Yorkton played host to a senior league team known for their aggressive approach at the plate as well as their stingy defence and strong pitching.

The late Albert Cottenie of Kamsack will be inducted, posthumously, into the Saskatchewan Baseball Hall of Fame in the individual category as a player and builder, during a reception at Battleford on August 15.

Riverside Golf Club is embarking on a fundraising program with the objective of raising $50,000. “We’d like to see at least half of that amount raised before the end of the season, Darryl Binkley, club president, said last week.

Five slo-pitch teams joined the Kamsack Royals to compete in the Canada Day tournament. Teams were from Swan River, Dauphin, Preeceville, Melville and Canora, said Eugene Krawetz, an organizer.