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The track and field season is either long done or nowhere near starting. Unless your name happens to be Preston Liebrecht. Usually for high school students, track season starts up training in late April or early May.

The good news is that there are still seven games left in which to make up some ground.The bad news is that they are currently on a three-game losing skid. The other bad news is that they are also currently without their team-leading goal scorer.

The NHL took on a slightly different way of playing out their annual all-star classic and after watching Friday night, you have to feel sorry for Phil Kessel.

Sacred Heart and Yorkton Regional co-hosted a basketball tournament for the second time this school season as eight teams came to Yorkton Friday and Saturday.

The Terriers have stayed atop the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League's Sherwood Conference with a pair of wins on the week, but the lead is down to only two points. The split leaves the Terriers with a record of 29-15-2-4 for 64 points.

The National Hockey League gathered over the weekend at Raleigh, North Carolina for the NHL all-star festivities to take place. They were not the only ones to hold an all-star event Saturday afternoon.

The Saskatchewan Volleyball Association's Asics Cup returned to town over the weekendIn what was their closest win of the weekend the Yorkton Blitz Nitro U15 girls volleyball team came out on top of 16 other teams Sunday afternoon.

The Yorkton Regional High School and Sacred Heart High School will be co-hosting the 1st annual York City Classic for senior boys basketball. Games start at both schools Friday at 12 noon.

Four teams squared off last weekend in a battle of Yorkton's ball hockey best, slugging it out to determine this year's winner.

In an effort to help promote one of the sports that does not get much attention within the mainstream media, a clinic held by a two-time Olympian was put on at MC Knoll Elementary School in Yorkton recently.