Local Sports

On the strength of a group of players who have no doubt gotten used to being on the winning side of the scoreboard more often then not, the Yorkton Atom AA Xerox Terriers have captured the South East Minor Hockey League Championship.

The Toronto Maple Leafs and Toronto Blue Jays both have at least one thing in common with each other.Nobody ever expects either of them to win. It's a tough time of the season for sports fans.

In one of the few events that nearly jam-packed the Farrell Agencies Arena, the Yorkton Skating Club nearly did it Sunday when the 2011 Yorkton Skating Club Carnival was held.

The 15U Nitro volleyball team played to a fifth place finish in Tier I play in Asics Cup II girls' volleyball action over the weekend. "The girls played well," offered Bryce Krawetz, coach of the Nitros. "We played really well.

Jessica Riffel, a Gr. 10 student at the YRHS, has been involved in the wrestling program at school this year.

Terriers take both matchups in overtime

Registration for the start of the newest league in town is available at Hometown Source for Sports. The Saskatchewan Ball Hockey League is expanding into four new cities this spring/summer. Yorkton is among the expansion cities.

For the second straight year the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League championship series will pit the Yorkton Terriers against the LaRonge Icewolves.

For the second straight Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League series the Yorkton Terriers have swept their opponents from the playoffs.

Susan Nagy had been doing a lot of coaching and her experiences took her to Nova Scotia recently to join Team Saskatchewan Figure Skating for competition in the Canada games for nine days last month.