Local Sports

It's not news anymore. If you haven't been living under a rock recently you would have heard that Rogers Sportsnet bought the Canadian national rights to all NHL hockey games for 12 years starting at the beginning of the 2014-15 NHL season.

In the first game of the Esterhazy tournament the Saints came out strong and took a quick lead over Moosomin. They were able to maintain that lead throughout the game finishing with a 65-35 victory.

On Saturday, December 7, YMATC students travelled to Melville to take part in the Young Tigers Challenge Open Martial Arts tournament. All of the athletes did very well and were able to to stand at the podiums.

The Yorkton Elementary School Sports Association (YESSA) teamed up with the Yorkton Curling Club to hold a curling bonspiel for elementary school students this past Friday at the Gallagher Centre.

The YRHS Lady Raiders traveled to Swift Current this past weekend to take part in a basketball tournament with the hopes of being competitive.

The Yorkton Harvest finally found the win column again this past Saturday when they beat the Beardy's Blackhawks 3-1 at the Willow Cree Memorial Sport Centre in Duck Lake.

It was a battle of the top two teams in the SBAAHL's South Division on Sunday afternoon in Yorkton as the first place Prairie Storm visited Yorkton's Kinsmen Arena to do battle with the high powered Yorkton UCT Terriers.

The Sacred Heart Saints Sr. Boys basketball team found themselves with some tough competition this past weekend as they travelled to Caronport for a tournament.

Another week and the Yorkton Terriers retain the best record in the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League. The Terriers now sport a 19-5-1-3 record for 42 points, best in both the Viterra Division and the entire league.

The Sacred Heart Saints Sr. Girls basketball team walked into the YRHS Gymnasium on Friday afternoon with one mission: Victory. They walked out of that same gymnasium on Saturday as winners of the YRHS Sr. Girls Basketball Tournament.