Local Sports

Derek Jeter, after 20 long and successful seasons as the starting shortstop for the New York Yankees, finally hung up his spikes on Sunday, September 28.

Turner Ottenbreit, who started the Western Hockey League season in Saskatoon, is on his way to Seattle after the Thunderbirds acquired the 6'4", 180-pound defenceman from the Blades for 20-year-old blueliner Adam Henry.

The Saints senior boys' volleyball team traveled to Regina to compete at the Winston Knoll Collegiate tournament on October 3-4. The tournament consisted of t10 teams divided into two pools of five teams each.

It's been a rough 2014 season for the Sacred Heart Saints senior football team and on Thursday things got even worse as Sacred Heart's record fell to 0-5 thanks to a 38-12 loss to the visiting Foam Lake Panthers.

As of Saturday night there are officially six new members of the Yorkton Sports Hall of Fame and Museum.

The YRHS senior Raiders football team proved to be terrible house guests on Saturday afternoon as they decimated the host Weyburn Eagles 55-17 to improve to 3-0 in Moose Jaw High School Football League (MJHSFL) play in 2014.

A five goal outburst in the third period propelled the 2013/14 SBAAHL champion Yorkton Bantam UCT Terriers to a 7-1 victory over the visiting Weyburn Crescent Point Wings in game one of the regular season on Sunday afternoon at the Farrell Agencies A

Carter Phair stopped 45 of 47 Notre Dame Hound shots during Saturday afternoon's SMAAAHL tilt in Wilcox, however the Mauler offence couldn't solve Hounds goalie Dylan Ferguson resulting in a 3-0 shutout loss to open the 2014/15 regular season.

The YRHS Raiders edged their Gladstone Avenue rivals the Sacred Heart Saints 2-1 on Saturday afternoon in the final of the Yorkton Soccer Tournament, which was co-hosted by both the Raiders and Saints, but played at the Saints' home field.

It might not have been at the level of Muhammed Ali versus Joe Frazier, but Sunday's slugfest between the Yorkton Pee Wee Gridders and the Regina Argos is certainly a close second.