Local Sports

Yorkton is sending 25 bowlers and nine coaches to the youth bowling provincials held in Regina on March 3. In the competition, the bowlers will be competing for gold medals to advance to the national finals held in Langley, B.C., in late May.

One expects the seven Canadian teams in the National Hockey League to be at the top of the league's attendance. But that isn't the case thus far in the 2012-13 season.

The bantam AA Terriers finished in fourth spot in the South Division of the Saskatchewan Bantam AA Hockey League with a13-10-4 record after splitting their last two games of the regular-season.

The Moose Jaw High School Football League is continuing to kick ethics to the curb, using tradition as a mask for the 3A league's unfair regulations.

Yorkton synchronized swimmers took part in the Lemon Synchronized Swimming Invitation in Regina on February 2-3. The Yorkton results for the event are as follows. In the 10 and under provincial stream figures: Chloe Popoff finished first with a 50.

Before his outstanding 18-year career with the New Jersey Devils in the National Hockey League, Ken Daneyko donned a Yorkton Terriers sweater. He suited up for the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League's Terriers in 1979-80.

The Gallagher Centre hosted the ECDAA District Curling Championship this past weekend on February 8-9. This was the qualifying event for the Regional Championship, which will take place on February 15-16 in Estevan.

The Yorkton Harvest slid into fifth spot in the Saskatchewan Midget AAA Hockey League standings this past week after grabbing five out of a possible six points. "I'm happy with how we have been playing," says Harvest head coach Jeff Odgers.

After splitting a pair of road games, the bantam AA Terriers jumped into fourth spot in the Saskatchewan Bantam AA Hockey League standings with a 12-9-4 record.

The Yorkton Terriers played only one game over the last week, a road win. As a result the Terriers remain atop the league's Sherwood Conference with a record of 34-12-1-2 for 71 points, three better than Melville with 68.