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Unity's Justin Wood has a four shot lead at the midway point of the Saskatchewan Men's Amateur Golf championships.

After going 3-under-par on the front nine, Wood gave a shot back on the back-nine to finish at 2-under-69 for the day and 6-under par total of 136 through 36 holes.

Wood said solid approach shots got the round off to a great start.

"I just hit a lot of good iron shots, I struck them very pure, hit all my lines and made a couple of good putts."

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A warm day with great conditions and the course has never been in better shape. That meant low scores on day one of the Saskatchewan men's amateur golf championships at Cooke Municipal golf course in Prince Albert.

Humboldt's Mike Herperger drained six birdies on his way to a 5-under-par-66 and a one shot lead over Unity's Justin Wood.

Clayton Mullis turned in the best round of the day among the Prince Albert contingent with a 3-under-68 to sit alone in third.

Sunday afternoon marked the official start of the North American Indigenous Games as 3,600 athletes from across the continent marched into Mosaic Stadium with broad smiles, proudly waving flags and cheering for their teammates.

The road to Regina was long for many, coming from as far away as Florida, Wisconsin and New York.

"(It was) 22 hours of driving," said Mitchell Cornelius, who is from Wisconsin.

The Prince Albert under-14 Celtic girls soccer team defeated QCT United by a score of 3-2 on Saturday.

The afternoon Saskatchewan Premier League soccer game took place at Prime Minister’s Park.

Goals came from Hallie Odnokon and a pair from Paytin Izsak .

The winning goal came in the second half of the game.

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She led from wire to wire.

Prince Albert's Kayla Sawchuck jumped out to a ten stroke lead after one round and cruised to an 11 shot victory at the Saskatchewan Junior Ladies golf championships on the Nipawin Evergreen course.

Sawchuck fired a final round 76 to finish at 231 for the 54-hole event. Defending champion Brooke Hobson of PA carded at 73 on the final day to finish second.

Hockey's elite will be in Prince Albert for Friday's Saskatchewan Hockey Hall of Fame induction ceremony.

Host Committee Chair Peter Anholt said ever since the list of inductees were announced in January the requests for tickets haven't stopped.

"We are so excited about Friday night. It's just continued to grow and grow and grow." said Anholt.

It was a clean sweep for the Prince Albert Astros as Prime Minister's Park hosted two provincial boys softball championship tournaments.

The defending champions captured the U-14 title with a 4-2 win over the Warman Panthers in Sunday afternoon's championship game.

The Astros scored two runs each in the second and third innings on their way to victory. To get to the final they beat the Panthers 9-0 and Delisle 10-3 in the round robin.

The Prince Albert Predators’ season is on the line this weekend.

Over the weekend the Bantam Aces competed in Provincials in Regina and came home smiling.

The Aces defeated Conquest in the semi-final 9 - 1 in order to advance to the final against Regina Lazers.

The girls then beat the Lazers1 - 0 to win Provincial Gold and advance to Nationals in Brampton, Ont. Aug.13 – 17.

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The Prince Albert Squirt Aces went undefeated at the Under 12 A Girls Provincial Fastball in Saskatoon.

The Aces opened with a 12-2 win over the Saskatoon Laser and followed that up by beating the Regina Lazers 15-2.

They wrapped up the round robin with a 10-9 extra inning decision over the Moose Jaw Ice.

After an 8-7 playoff victory over the Saskatoon Hustlers, the Aces defeated the Martensville/Warman Angels 14-9 in a back and forth game.

The Prince Albert Predators have placed fifth in Lacrosse Provincials this weekend.

The Predators faced penalty-ridden games in their first two at the tournament and found the team one to two players down and on the penalty kill most of the game.

They ended up with one win and two losses which didn’t give them a chance to medal.

The tournament was held in Regina over the weekend.

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For the second straight game, the Prince Albert Predators’ opponents have forfeited.

It was announced Friday that the Yorkton Bulldogs have surrendered their first round Prairie Gold Lacrosse League (PGLL) playoff matchup against the Predators, originally scheduled for Saturday at the Kinsmen.