Local Sports

The high school football season came to an end a long time ago, but it came to an official close Friday night when the teams held their year-end awards banquet Friday night at the Yorkton Regional High School.

The MC Knoll Elementary School girls' volleyball had a dream season capped by winning the city volleyball championships held here last Monday and Tuesday. And they even had the extra benefit of doing it on their home court.

The Harvest put up another good fight against one of the top teams in the league but came out of it on the wrong end of a 2-1 defeat, after giving up the winning goal in overtime.

Zach Rakochy of Canora is one a several former Yorkton Midget AAA hockey players who is slowly making his move up the hockey ranks. He's been long signed by the Melville Millionaires Jr. A club and his workload is about to increase a bit.

The Yorkton Harvest returned home after a five-game road swing that saw them make stops at Notre Dame, North Battleford and Tisdale, but there were no welcome mats waiting to greet them upon arrival at their home arena over the weekend.

Sacred Heart High School had three sets of brothers playing football on two different teams this past season, said Darcy Todos, head coach of the junior club.

It's not big, but it's doing the job. Since the summertime fire at Heiser's, it's gotten a lot busier, too, says Curt McCoshen, owner of Yorkton's Family Fitness on Third Avenue.

The Yorkton Terriers had another huge week, notching three wins in three games.

Ten finalists have been named for the 2010 The Home Depot NFL Youth Coach of the Year Award, announced by the NFL today.

The term 'Home Sweet Home' usually refers to the feeling one gets or has when they know that they are returning to friendly territory after being away for a certain period of time.