Local Sports

The Barrhead Senior Panthers Boys and Girls basketball teams played their first pair of regular home games of the season on Monday, Dec. 14.

It took only a minute for the Barrhead Pirates Bantam hockey team to go from taking first place in the A division finals to finishing in second place. On Sunday, Dec.

The Barrhead Bantam Pirates secured their place in the A division final completing the round robin portion of an eight team Bantam hockey tournament at the Agrena on the weekend of Dec. 11 to 13.

The Athabasca Hawks snapped their two-game skid with a Saturday-night 5-3 over the Camrose Cougars. The boys ended the game in good fashion, overcoming some adversity with a short bench.

The Westlock Senior ‘AA’ Warriors’ championship hangover continues to drag on as the team now sits in fifth place of the North Division of the North Central Hockey League and are in jeopardy of missing the playoffs following a Saturday night road los

It wasn’t pretty, but it was a win nonetheless for the Westlock Peewee Warriors in what was a high scoring affair against the Thorhild Titans on Saturday afternoon. On Dec.

When the Edmonton Eskimos were crowned Canadian Football League champs last Sunday night following their 26-20 victory over the Ottawa Redblacks, Westlock’s Simeon Rottier was among those hoisting the Grey Cup.

The Westlock Midget Warriors were crowned champions of the 11th annual Gord Smith Memorial Midget Tournament on Sunday night following a 4-1 win over the Leduc Roughnecks. Coach Rick Dutchak said he was proud of his team’s play all weekend.

Although the 103rd annual Grey Cup game was played in Winnipeg, their was still a little bit Rochester represented on the field thanks to Ottawa Redblacks’ defensive lineman Keith Shologan.

The volunteers and staff of Misty Ridge Ski Hill are ready to go. The only thing that is missing is snow. That is what Tracy Mueller, Misty Ridge Ski Hill Society director, told the Leader on Monday, Nov.