Local Sports

Anyone who happened to be flipping the TV channels last Wednesday night and found a channel which showed a bunch of basketball players acting like they were rioting, could easily be forgiven if he/she thought something of unbelievably high importance

The City of Yorkton parks staff has taken the initiative to implement a new sport. There is a course set up for nine-hole disc golf at Patrick Park on King St. Holes were filled recently and the course is ready for play.

The 18U womens volleyball team competed in Abbotsord, BC from May 13-15. The tournament included 230 male and female teams from across the country converged and played in the 17U/18U categories.

For the month of March, the Sacred Heart athlete of the month comes from the senior boys basketball team. He is a rookie that came to the team with a lot of experience.

Flip on the television to watch the San Francisco Giants play and you might see a familiar player on the mound, familiar at least for fans of the Western Major Baseball League Yorkton Cardinals.

Yorkton does not have a professional football operating in the City, but the next best thing might have been Saturday afternoon when a few pros came by for a two-day mini camp in conjunction with Football Night in Saskatchewan.

St. Mary's banquet centre was packed yet again, people everywhere, every table sold out ages ago. Among the highlights of the evening was a speech by Saskatchewan Roughrider and former California University of Pennsylvania running back Wes Cates.

The Alexander's Mens Wear Junior Cardinals went three up three down in preseason play over the weekend, winning twice on home field and once on the road in Manitoba where everything went their way and then some.

The East Central Districts of high school badminton took place last Tuesday afternoon at the Yorkton Regional High School May 3. Morgan Shymanski and Rita Fetsch of Sacred Heart placed first and third in the girls' singles category.

In the 2010-11 season the wrestling team attended two tournaments, one at Bedford Road Collegiate in Saskatoon and Regionals in Swift Current. Jessica Riffel won a gold medal at Bedford, silver at regionals and a bronze at provincials.