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Saskatoon, SK - (July 28, 2012) - Two playoffs were needed in the Boston Pizza-presented Maple Leaf Junior Golf Tour's MJT-CPGA Saskatchewan Junior Championship at The Willows Golf and Country Club in Saskatoon on July 26-27.

The Yorkton Cardinals were entered into the 2012 Junior AAA Provincial Baseball Championships over the weekend in Regina. The team was coached by Cliff Leschyshyn, Brian Trollope and Randy Nesbitt.

For Yamalube Schrader's SMX racer Denaye Giroux, it wasn't the finish that she was hoping for. The first moto of the final round of the Women's Nationals in Edmonton had to be the most exciting race of this season by far.

Jennifer Haczkewicz of Yorkton, was the lone Yorkton Storm Speed Swimmer to qualify and compete at the recent ManSask Long Course provincial championships held in Regina.

It took a third and deciding game that ran well beyond the average running time of a senior baseball games but after falling behind in the series, the Yorkton Yankees came back and applied the tomahawk chop to the visiting Langenburg Indians at Jubil

July may not be hockey time, but the calendar has not stopped the Yorkton Terriers of the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League from pulling off a trade.

The Parkland Racing Association has enjoyed a flawless racing schedule so far as all three of the scheduled race dates have gone ahead as planned. That is a big improvement from last year's schedule, says Dustin Heddon, new president of the PRA.

The Government of Saskatchewan wishes all the athletes and the City of Meadow Lake well at the 2012 Saskatchewan Summer Games. The Games run from July 29-Aug. 4. This year marks the 40th Anniversary of the Games.

The Yorkton United U16 girls' soccer team are provincial champions. They won the prestigious title July 20-22 in Regina. Going into this provincial championships, the team was on a 32-unbeaten streak.

The South East Senior Baseball League is getting close to determining a new champion. Following the elimination of the Cardinals at Jubilee Park several weeks back, the title is officially up for grabs.