Local Sports

The lacrosse Bulldogs opened up the Prairie Gold Lacrosse League (PGLL)season over the weekend playing a road game in Estevan before coming home to host the Saskatoon Smash on Sunday afternoon.

In the midst of an all-day soccer festival Saturday at Sacred Heart High School, the Y.U.F.C. U14 Core Real Estate Fury played host to Unidad 99's of Regina in a RSA league game at Sacred Heart as well, said coach Chad Grodzinski.

The McSweeney's Selects 16U girls volleyball team is in Toronto to compete at the Canadian Open Volleyball Championships. The team is scheduled to open competition tomorrow morning at 7:30 a.m. (EST) at the Direct Energy Centre in Toronto.

There was an awful lot of soccer going on at the Sacred Heart High School field Saturday afternoon. According to Yorkton United FC (YUFC), there are going to be two more dates this year.

Cliff Trombley was among 23,000 competitors involved in the 2012 Honda Los Angeles Marathon. It brought him to LA for a marathon that had him wondering how he was going to do.

There were 235 participants in the annual Yorkton Regional High School Archery Shoot held over the weekend. Among the schools participating were Columbia School, Dr. Brass, MC Knoll.

The Yorkton United U14 Core Real Estate Fury kicked off their 2012 Regina Soccer League season this weekend with two games in Regina, reports coach Chad Grodzinski.

The South East Senior Baseball League will look slightly different this year for local baseball enthusiasts. There will be some new faces as well as some not seen in awhile as one team was introduced, and a second team re-introduced.

The Saskatchewan Ball Hockey League is continuing its Yorkton league this season. Games are scheduled to begin early this month at the Yorkton Kinsmen Arena.

The Yorkton Regional High School (YRHS) archery team competed at the 2012 National Archery in the Schools (NASP) Provincial Championships on April 28 in Moose Jaw.