Local Sports

The Saskatchewan Baseball Association changed its mind about not allowing four Yorkton boys to play on Melville's midget AA baseball team.

Thirteen competitors from the KEES Yorkton Taekwondo club participated on Saturday, June 1 at the fourth Annual Iron Fist Taekwondo Club Challenge in Winnipeg. The event was hosted by Iron Fist Taekwondo.

The Yorkton Bulldogs captured their first win of the season on Sunday, June 9 at the Farrell Agencies Arena against the Prince Albert Predators after dropping their first six games in the Prairie Gold Lacrosse League In the Bulldogs' 7-6 victory over

Yorkton track athletes from the Regional High School and Sacred Heart High School had strong showings at the 2013 SHSAA High School Track & Field Championships in Moose Jaw this past weekend.

Hockey Canada's recent decision to ban bodychecking at the peewee level is a concern of some Yorkton minor hockey coaches.

Former Yorkton Terriers forwards Jeremy Johnson and Patrick Martens have committed to secondary schools. Johnson is headed to Minot State and Martens is going to Red Deer College.

Layne Hull is Kelowna bound this summer after deciding to join the Okanagan Sun of the British Columbia Football Conference. Both the Sun and the Kamloops Broncos offered the former Yorkton Regional High School Raider Gridders linebacker spots.

Athletes from the Yorkton Regional High School and Sacred Heart High School took part in the East Central District Track and Field meet on May 28-29 at Kinsmen Century Field. Both schools were well represented at the track meet with strong showings.

The Yorkton Regional High School Raider Gridders didn't want to wait until the fall to start the football season, so they headed to Brandon, MB., on Friday, May 31 for some exhibition action.

Hockey Canada is so worried about their homegrown talent in between the pipes that they are looking at the idea of banning import goalies from joining the Canadian Hockey League.