Local Sports

Some Yorkton baseball parents aren't seeing eye to eye with the Saskatchewan Baseball Association after their kids were told they can't play for Melville's midget AA team.

The Yorkton Yankees and the Yorkton Orioles' seasons are underway in the Saskatchewan East Senior Baseball League. The Yankees are undefeated with three wins on the year.

The Yorkton Cardinals have lost their first two home games in the Western Major Baseball League, but they managed to sandwich a road win in between. The second of the losses came Monday against visiting Moose Jaw.

When the Winnipeg Blue Bombers' door closed on Jordan Matechuk, the Saskatchewan Roughriders' door quickly opened for him as he signed with the Green and White roughly a week after the Blue and Gold released him.

The Yorkton United FCC U12 boys had a marathon weekend in Regina League play. They worked hard in four games, two at home on Saturday and two at Regina's Liebel Field on Sunday.

It isn't what the Saskatchewan Hockey Association wanted. It disregards the big picture of injuries. And it's another step towards completely bubble wrapping hockey.

The Saskatchewan Roughriders' attendance hit an all-time high last season with a 32,351 average, sitting second in the Canadian Football League behind the Edmonton Eskimos who averaged 1,967 more people.

The Yorkton Yorkers won their first game in the Saskatchewan Cricket League (SCL) One Day Provincial (ODP) competition May 25.

The Good Spirit School Division's annual track meet on Wednesday, May 15 was a success in more ways than one. Not only did the weather corporate, but the young athletes put together outstanding showings.

The Yorkton Cardinal's Western Major Baseball League season starts Saturday with the Regina Red Sox, defending league champs visiting Jubilee Park in the city.