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The McSweeney's Selects girls volleyball team is getting set to host a tournament this weekend. The 18 & Under Women's SVA (Saskatchewan Volleyball Association) SASK Cup 2 will be played at the Gloria Hayden Centre and the Flexihall.

The Yorkton Blitz 16 and Under volleyball team did fairly well over the weekend. Going into the tournament, Bryce Krawetz, coach of the host team in the weekend's tournament, said he had high hopes for his girls.

You can tell that hockey season is winding down when kids' hockey teams are playing two and three games in a single weekend.

The Springer's Gymnastics team held their annual Invitational gymnastics meet over the weekend at the Sacred Heart High School. Almost 250 gymnasts were involved in competitive and recreational gymnastics.

The bantam Terriers outlasted the Battlefords Barons by an 8-7 goal margin over the weekend. Game one finished in a 2-1 Yorkton win. Game two ended in a 6-6 tie giving Yorkton the 8-7 goal advantage and the win.

Kelly Maddin's getting good at this. Two appearances in provincial finals and two wins to show for it. Sunday afternoon at the Yorkton Kinsmen Arena was a good place to be wearing orange.

Megan Nagy of the Medicine Hat Rattlers volleyball team has been named the 2012 Canadian Colleges Athletic Association (CCAA), Women's Volleyball Player of the Year.

The Yorkton Sherring Gold Terrier Pee Wee hockey team played a lot of hockey last weekend. Three games in three days translated into at least two wins; both wins saw them limit their opponents to three goals.

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.