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Yorkton and area athletes recently attended three track meets in the past little while. The first one, Derek Campbell traveled to Edmonton for the Last Chance Meet Nov 29-30. He entered the meet with former teammate Jaden Porte.

The Yorkdale Central School Royals team one took first place at the YCS girls’ basketball tournament last weekend, beating Melville St. Henry’s in the tournament final 43-25. YCS team two took third place while Langenburg finished in fourth.

Yorkton United U14 Div 1 Boys travelled to Regina this recently to participate in the inaugural Regina FC 11v11 University Showcase Premier Division tournament.

The message delivered to the students at Yorkdale Central School on Tuesday, January 13 was a simple one: Be who you want to be and don’t let others bring you down.

Yorkton’s own Bull Bodnar returned to his home town on Tuesday, January 13 to take on wrestling superstar ‘Big Poppa Pump’ Scott Steiner in the main event of the Canadian Wrestling’s Elite (CWE) show at Yorkdale Central School.

The YRHS Raiders senior boys’ basketball team made the nearly half hour trip to Melville this past weekend looking to open the 2015 portion of their schedule on the right foot.

The youth movement is in full swing for head coach Garrett Karcha’s Sacred Heart Saints senior boys’ basketball team as Karcha carried just one grade 12, captain Tannum Wyonzek, into action this past weekend in Melville.

The YRHS Lady Raiders senior girls’ basketball team rode a wave of momentum into Sacred Heart’s annual girls’ basketball tournament this past weekend after a strong performance in last weekend’s tournament in Weyburn.

Head coach Garrett Karcha took his very young Sacred Heart Saints senior boys’ basketball team down to Estevan for their first tournament of 2015, hoping to get his players some much needed game time experience in preparation for the rest of the seas

The Yorkton Storm Speed Swim team joined seven other swim teams from across the province at the 2014 Prairie Cup Swim Meet in Regina over the Christmas break.