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The Yorkton Atom AA Xerox Terriers 2011-12 Hockey Tournament took place over the weekend and they came out on top. Playing on their home ice at Yorkton Kinsmen Arena Sunday, they won every game they played.

Yorkton Blitz 16U girls volleyball team competed in the SVA SASK Cup 1 tournament on Jan. 28-29 in Saskatoon.

The Harlem Crowns basketball team is coming to the Yorkton Regional High School today (Feb. 8) for a 7 p.m., show time in the school gymnasium. Tickets are on sale for $10 and are good for three games. At 4 p.m.

A pair of home ice wins have kept the Yorkton Terriers in control of second place in the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League's Sherwood Conference. The Terriers have 61 points based on a record of 28-19-2-3, trailing first place Weyburn with 72 points.

There were a lot of soccer games and a lot of futsal played over the weekend at the Gloria Hayden Community Centre for the 1st Annual Yorkton Indoor soccer tournament for U8, 10, 12, 14 and men's teams.

The boys' curling team from the Yorkton Regional High School played Preeceville over the weekend in a game they needed to win in order to play for a gold medal.

Josh Moreira of the Yorkton Regional High School was among the participants at the Yorkton Martial Arts Training Centre's Brazilian Jiu Jitsu seminar and challenge held over the weekend.

After a strong opening quarter, the Regional High School senior girls offence disappeared as they dropped a 40-34 game to the host Melville Cobras at the Melville Invitational tournament on Saturday.

The YRHS girls' basketball team had a mini tournament over the weekend in which they played three games under the Saskatchewan High Schools Athletics Association.

Yorkton overpowered Notre Dame 7-1 at the Yorkton Kinsmen Arena on Saturday. The Terriers won with a four-goal third period to pull away from what was a close game through two periods.