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The Boyle Bantam Blazers are now the proud owners of some gold provincial hardware, after competing against the Hanna Colts in the Bantam ‘D' provincial final and coming out victorious.

The Athabasca Hawks have ended their eight-year provincials dry spell after the Atom ‘A’ Hawks battled through provincials and came out as the Atom ‘B’ champions.

The first game of a two-game, total points series between the Peewee Westlock Warriors and the Barrhead Flyers ended in an 11-7 upset for the Warriors at the Barrhead Agrena March 15.

For the first time in three years, Barrhead’s 526 Royal Canadian Air Cadet Squadron (RCACS) failed to earn the opportunity to move on to the provincial championships. On Feb.

The Westlock Atom 2 Warriors glimmered with gold, winning the best-of-three series against Strathcona in the final round of Tier 4 Atom 1660 Hockey League playoffs.

The Westlock Bantam Warriors quest for a provincial title ended in heartbreak March 19.

Westlock’s high school basketball teams managed to climb on to the medal podium at the weeknd’s zone championships, with R.F. Staples scoring double bronze, while St. Mary School’s senior girls also medalled. R.F.

The Rock have rebounded. After losing every game they played last year, the Pembina Rock U14B-1 ringette team is among 12 teams heading to the provincial finals in Calgary March 17-19.

Figure skating season is coming to a close and Star Skate program instructor Misty Blake says she is proud of all of the skaters.

The girls are just ecstatic.