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The Westlock Midget Warriors finished the 2016 portion of their Tier 3 1660 Midget Hockey League season with a three-game weekend that saw them go 2-1 and improve to 3-7 on the year.

At the end of the day, it is whatever is best for Canada’s bobsleigh program.

Neil Diamond’s Sweet Caroline could be heard through out the Barrhead Agrena after a game where the Steelers demolished the Fort McMurray Junior Oil Barons 14-2 in Midget ‘A’ action.

The Barrhead Curling Club is growing and always looking for new members, says men’s league organizer Grant Balen. “It’s a great social sport,” he said, adding it is not just a senior’s game.

It was a real nail-biter of a game. According to 1660 league commissioner Ty Asaf, the Barrhead Bantam Pirates played a tight, aggressive game and worked hard during the entire weekend to win the tournament held in Barrhead Dec. 10 - 11.

It was a weekend of mixed emotions for the Senior ‘AA’ Warriors. The club decimated the Slave Lake Winterhawks 13-2 at a North Central Hockey League Game in Westlock Dec. 10, but came home empty-handed on Sunday following a 6-3 defeat in Eckville.

The rivalry between St. Mary School and R.F. Staples took a brief reprieve last Sunday as basketball players from both schools participated in a special training clinic from an internationally seasoned basketball coach. Chris Nicol, a former R.F.

The Westlock Warriors midget team claimed bronze during a weekend of extremes as they hosted the 12th annual Gord Smith Memorial tournament at the Rotary Spirit Centre. The tourney, which ran Dec.

The Westlock Warriors endured another tough road loss Dec. 3, letting a 4-1 lead slip away into a 9-4 loss to last year’s provincial champs, the Daysland Northstars.

It is starting to become a habit. Another year, another Alberta Provincial Championships medal for Barrhead Composite High School’s (BCHS) Senior Boys’ Gryphons’ volleyball team.