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It’s been quite the prolonged football season for Sacred Heart Saints star Shane Varjassy.

Dirt was flying, hooves were thumping and cowboys were hollering this past week as horse drawn chariot and chuckwagon races entertained thousands of fans at the 2015 Yorkton Exhibition from July 1-3.

The Yorkton Orioles’ 2015 Twilite Maxi (35-plus) Provincial run came to a rough end on Sunday afternoon, falling to the Regina Drifters 7-6 in the ‘A’ Side final at Yorkton’s Jubilee Park to finish second overall out of the 29 teams that had original

The Black Sox and Orioles weren’t the only local area baseball teams taking part in the 2015 Twilite Maxi Provincial Tournament in Yorkton and Melville this past weekend.

Years ago, before the Yorkton Yankees and WMBL Yorkton Cardinals, the City of Yorkton played host to a senior league team known for their aggressive approach at the plate as well as their stingy defence and strong pitching.

The late Albert Cottenie of Kamsack will be inducted, posthumously, into the Saskatchewan Baseball Hall of Fame in the individual category as a player and builder, during a reception at Battleford on August 15.

Riverside Golf Club is embarking on a fundraising program with the objective of raising $50,000. “We’d like to see at least half of that amount raised before the end of the season, Darryl Binkley, club president, said last week.

Five slo-pitch teams joined the Kamsack Royals to compete in the Canada Day tournament. Teams were from Swan River, Dauphin, Preeceville, Melville and Canora, said Eugene Krawetz, an organizer.

The Preeceville School gymnasium has undergone some changes the last few years with the most recent change being a new hardwood fl oor. The project started June 22 with completion slated for sometimes during the summer prior to the new school season.

The Sandy Beach slopitch tournament and family picnic was held on June 20 at Sandy Beach located eight miles northwest of Norquay with 10 teams participating. All the teams were local with the exception of teams from Hudson Bay and Canora.