Local Sports

The YUFC U16 girls soccer team continued their indoor soccer season with a trip to Saskatoon for this year's provincial tournament. There were eight teams in total.

The Saskatchewan High Schools Athletic Association basketball season is over for the YRHS senior girls team as a loss on Friday afternoon when they played the Melfort Comets.

The Yorkton Regional High School (YRHS) senior boys basketball team will be competing in Hoopla this weekend. The team will be packing up to leave for Regina in two days' time. As a result of a 70-44 St.

The Yorkton Harvest held their awards banquet recently at the Gallagher Centre. On top of handing out the various trophies, head coach Jeff Odgers announced that the team will be going through more changes for next season.

The Yorkton Bantam A Terriers combined hockey team played Estevan in back to back games recently. Yorkton won by scores of 10-4 and 2-1. Most recently was Sunday afternoon at the Kinsmen Arena.

The Yorkton novice hockey teams are well into their post season action.

A Yorkton youth bowler, 10-year-old Ashley Schrader is headed to Newfoundland in May to compete at the national level. Ashley won the provincial Bantam Girls' Youth Bowling Council (YBC) crown in Saskatoon recently.

If it is true that Canadians drink more than 2.3 billion litres of beer each year, I wonder how much of that is consumed on St. Patrick's Day? Why do people insist on drinking green beer on St. Patrick's Day? It tastes terrible.

the Yorkton Cross Country Ski Club held a Ski Safari on the trails at Deer Park. Lions, tigers, zebras, crocodiles and even some gentler deer, rabbits and moose.

The Sacred Heart senior boys basketball team also played in the Saskatchewan High Schools Athletic Association high school regional tournament. Coach Garrett Karcha said they won their first game, a 74-62 decision over Swift Current.