Local Sports

Paul Toth experienced what it feels like to be a champion for the first time in his life on Sunday, Oct. 27 as the Regina Thunder beat the Saskatoon Hilltops 21-16 in the Prairie Football Conference Championship game.

The Springside Parkland Lions Bantam Girls hockey team kicked off their season with back-to-back wins. The Lions, part of the nine team South Saskatchewan Female Hockey League, opened their season with a 6-2 win over the Regina Cougars.

The Yorkton Harvest sit in fifth place in the SMAAAHL standings after tying the Prince Albert Mintos on Saturday.

The Yorkton Regional High School Raider Gridders had a long bus ride home from Moose Jaw on Saturday.

The Yorkton Terriers have slipped to second place in the Viterra Division of the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League, following a shootout road loss in Nipawin Saturday.

The Sacred Heart Saints senior girls soccer team won their first 2A provincial championship on the weekend on their home turf. The Saints, along with three other teams, advanced to the provincials because they won regional play the weekend earlier.

The Yorkton Terriers raised their Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League record to 10-4 with a pair of road wins over the weekend. With 20 points Yorkton is tied with Melville atop the Viterra Division.

The Canadian Junior Hockey League voted to implement a one-fight rule that will kick in throughout the entire association next year.

The Saskatchewan Roughriders wasted a prime opportunity to show they are a contender against the Calgary Stampaders on Saturday.

The Yorkton Harvest wrapped up their first quarter of action by splitting a pair of games last week. The two points sit the Harvest in fourth spot in the SMAAAHL standings with a 5-4-1-1 record.