Local Sports

The Yorkton United girlss U18/16 team captured gold at the Saskatchewan Soccer Provincial Championships in Lloydminster on June 26-28. The first game of the Championships was against Battlefords. Yorkton came out strong with a 4-0 victory.

The 105th annual Rhein Sports Day is in the books. Saturday kicked off with a six-team Mosquito baseball tournament. Tournament organizer Kirbey Stewart stated that five Yorkton teams and one team from Canora took part.

Willen Paligan of Preeceville won three gold medals at the 2015 TCU (Teachers’ Credit Union) Financial Saskatchewan Provincial Championships in Regina on June 12 to 14.

The Yorkton Cardinals managed a split in six games in the last week, edging the team into third place in the Saskatchewan Division of the Western Major Baseball League.

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.