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CBC's Neil Cochrane shoots a close up of a face off during a TV shoot which took about an hour. Certain players are used to cue up the matchups on each broadcast of Hockey Night in Canada.

The Yorkton AAA Harvest took another setback last Thursday night, a 6-2 loss to the Saskatoon Contacts at the Schroh Arena in Saskatoon.

There were no Riders or Argos to start this year's CFL playoffs. Now there's no Alouettes either. The best team is out. The Cup is up for grabs.

The YRHS team got off to a good start over the holiday weekend. Hosting the southern regional volleyball playdowns, teams were broken down into two pools. Pool 'A' included Moose Jaw Central, Estevan, Balgonie and Moose Jaw Peacock.

The Yorkton Harvest Midget AAA hockey club plays tonight at the Farrell Agencies Arena at 7:30 p.m., against the Regina Pat Canadians.

The Yorkton Terriers climbed over the .500 mark with a pair of Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League wins on the week. The wins raised the Terriers' record to 11-10-0-1 for 23 points, and fourth place in the League's Sherwood Conference.

Paul Toth of the Yorkton Regional High School is in the running to win the Defensive Player of the Year Award from the Regina Intercollegiate Football League. Voting will take place on Nov. 22.

Saskatchewan Midget AAA Hockey League action continued over the weekend as the Yorkton Harvest travelled to Mosaic Place to take on the Moose Jaw Generals. The Generals took both games by a combined score of 13-2.

The Sacred Heart Girls soccer team captured a bronze medal in the 2A girls soccer provincials held in Regina on the weekend. In the first game, the Saints were up against Vanier the number one Moose Jaw team.

The YRHS senior boys volleyball went 4-1 through the round robin and appeared to be in cruise control for the playoffs. Then they ran into a Prince Albert team that was clearly intent on going all the way, too.