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It has been a long road for Luke Boechler since he learned he had Acute Myeloid Leukemia Feb. 4, but the 20-year-old who was in the midst of a Junior hockey career with the Yorkton Terriers is beginning to dream of the game again.

When a pair of very young and inexperienced teams get together for some early-season basketball action, it has the potential to be a lot of fun to watch. The coach definitely thought that it was.

When the Yorkton City Senior Girls basketball tournament started Friday afternoon, Trent Senger said he didn't have much in the way of expectations going in. Senger has more experience coaching then all of his players combined, have playing the game.

It was another three-win week for the Yorkton Terriers including a pair at the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League's Showcase event on the weekend.

Robyn Silvernagle, Sasha Yole, Dayna Demmans and Cristina Goertzen all made the trip to Yorkton over the weekend representing Meadow Lake and went undefeated in a local cashspiel over the weekend.

Two members of the Yorkton Terriers earned Player of the Month honours for November in the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League. Veteran Devin Peters earned Goaltender of the Month, and defenceman Davis Vandane has been awarded Rookie of the Month.

The only thing better than eights ends is nine ends. Gerry Adam and his team returned to their home rink over the weekend and for eight ends it was clearly anyone's game.

The winners of the LDM Atom Tier II tournament were as follows. The 'A' Division winners were Brandon 9A Wheat Kings. They defeated the Yorkton Kawchuk Construction Terriers 10-2 in the A division final. The 'B' Division winners were Wynyard.

The Junior 'A' Yorkton Terriers put forth a good showing at the league's showcase tournament in Weyburn. They returned to home ice on Dec. 15 to take on Melfort.

The Rhythmics gymnastics group held their annual Christmas show last Thursday at the Gloria Hayden Community Centre. Fifteen kids ages 5-12 put on a show that they've been working on for a month and a half says coach Carol Antony.