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Despite the cold weather that has hit in the past couple of days, several members of the Saskatchewan Roughriders have been hitting the outdoor rinks in preparation for game 1 of this year's Rider Prider Hockey Challenge, presented by SaskCanola.

On behalf of the board of directors and the entire organization, I would like to thank the City of Yorkton, and especially the wonderful folks at Yorkton Minor Football for hosting the Saskatchewan Roughriders.

They aren't the Detroit Red Wings (or the Sharks, or the Canucks) but they are the latest winners of the President's Cup.

The Yorkton Terriers are coming off a 4-3 loss in Weyburn on Sunday evening. The loss has Yorkton in second place. The Weyburn win gives them a comfortable lead on Yorkton for first place in the Sherwood Conference.

The Rider Prider Hockey Challenge, presented by SaskCanola is only a few days away. "This was promised to us from the Riderville contest last year," says Jason Farrell of the Yorkton Minor Football Association.

The Yorkton UCT Terriers bantam hockey team hosted the Battlefords Barons Saturday at the Farrell Agencies Arena. Yorkton jumped out to a 2-1 lead after one period of play on goals by Branden Pelechaty and Rylan Jasper.

Come and ski around the world with the Yorkton Cross Country Ski Club. We'll ski from swtation to station along our beautifully well-groomed trails and pick up miniature flags along the way.

With only one win in three tries this week the Yorkton Terriers are now in a second place tie with Estevan in the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League's Sherwood Conference. Both teams have 47 points, the Terrier's based on a record of 22-18-1-2.

The Lady Raiders basketball team started off the new year with a convincing 68-41 home victory over Manitoba (Roblin).

It was two more games and two more wins over the weekend for the Sherring Gold AA Pee Wee Yorkton Terriers.