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The Prince Albert Alpine Race Team has snagged its first gold medal at the Nancy Green U12 race. over the weekend.

Jaylyn Marsh took home the gold from Table Mountain over the weekend. She plans to attend her final race for the season this April at the Lake Louise resort.

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As bleak as the outcome looked like for the Prince Albert Mintos at times in the series, they are moving on to the second round of this year’s Saskatchewan Midget AAA Hockey League playoffs.

The Mintos hung on Sunday to beat the pesky Tisdale Trojans 5-4 to win the Game 5 rubber match to keep their playoff run alive. The Mintos will also host the Western Regionals April 3-6 at the Art Hauser Centre as well.

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The Prince Albert A&W Bears will be moving on to the semi-finals thanks to their 5:2 win over the Notre Dame Hounds.

Tylor Lindsay scored the fifth goal of the game, here fourth so far in the Saskatchewan Female Midget AAA Hockey League playoffs.

Crystal Berube was awarded the star of the game after a goal and an assist. She’s now third on Bears in scoring with four points.

The Bears will be playing Weyburn Gold Wings in the second round of the playoffs.

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The Regional Boys High School basketball representative for Hoopla will be decided Saturday in Prince Albert.

St. Mary is hosting the four team qualifying tournament. They play the opening game 6pm Friday against Tisdale. Carlton is up against Yorkton regional at 8pm Friday.

The winners will meet 12pm Saturday in the championship game. The consolation final is at 10am.

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The Prince Albert Mintos stared elimination in the face Wednesday at the Art Hauser Centre.

They headed to their bench after the first period with their postseason on the line, down 3-0 to the Tisdale Trojans, who were one win away from the series victory with a 2-0 advantage.

For the second year, the Prince Albert Sharks hosted Swim Saskatchewan’s short course “A” Provincial Championship and Junior Cup.

The competition started Friday and by Sunday morning netted a lot of success for the local swim club.

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The Prince Albert A&W Bears Tylor Lindsay was the overtime hero for the Bears to end a dramatic and controversial 3-2 win over the Hounds, giving the Bears a 1-0 playoff series lead.

Lindsay scored 6:15 into the second overtime frame to complete a game that lasted close to three hours Saturday at the Art Hauser Centre.

PJHL

West Central Rage 6 vs Saskatoon Royals 2 Southern Rebels 6 vs Fort Knox 8

WHL

Lethbridge 2 vs Moose Jaw 5 Swift Current 3 vs Regina 4 Kootenay 4 vs Saskatoon 2 Kamloops 1 vs Calgary 5 Medicine Hat 3 vs Red Deer 2 Victoria 5 vs Prince George 3 Vancouver 0 vs Kelowna 6 Portland 2 vs Spokane 0 Tri-City 2 vs Everett 3

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PA Dmyterko 3 vs Nipawin Northeast 5

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Dakota Boutin started off the year with the only team in the nation that could guarantee him a spot in this year’s Telus Cup National Midget Hockey Championships –the Moose Jaw Generals, who are hosting the tournament April 21-27.

But Boutin was willing to give that up for a change of scenery, as he decided after 11 games the Generals weren’t the right fit for him.

Shellbrook Elks fans had two big reasons to be happy on Sunday night. 

The first was their Elks picked up an important 5-1 victory over the Rosetown Red Wings, to even the best-of-five Senior Men’s AAA Provincial finals at 1-1.

The other, former Elks goaltender Kelly Guard didn’t beat his old team.

Although Guard took the Elks to last year’s provincial final, the Shellbrook faithful sure haven’t missed him since he put on a Rosetown Red Wings jersey this season.

PJHL

Delisle Chiefs 1 vs West Central Rage 2

WHL

Calgary 4 vs Regina 5 Victoria 6 vs Saskatoon 3 Moose Jaw 4 vs Brandon 7 Vancouver 5 vs Edmonton 1 Swift Current 5 vs Red Deer 3 Kamloops 3 vs Seattle 2 Lethbridge 3 vs Medicine Hat 5 Prince Albert 3 vs Portland 6 Kelowna 1 vs Prince George 2 Kootenay 3 vs Spokane 6 Everett 3 vs Tri-City 2

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The Prairie Central badminton team competing in the Saskatchewan Winter Games has won all their matches so far.

A big part of the team’s success has to do with one special family.

Melissa Ong is the team manager. Five of her children also happen to be on the team.

She said their family - with nine kids total - first got into the sport of badminton as a family activity that lacked age barriers.