Local Sports

Barrhead Flyer Colin Lovich helped lead his team past the Onoway Eagles in their final game of a peewee hockey tournament on Sunday, Nov. 29 by scoring three goals on route to a four to one victory.

The Barrhead Steelers defeated the Edson Sabres by a score of three to one during 1660 Midget A hockey league action on Friday, Nov. 27 at the Barrhead Agrena.

EPC’s senior girls basketball team started off their season on the right foot, winning three-straight games to claim the Lillian Osborne Senior Basketball Classic title in Edmonton.

It was a weekend to forget for the reigning North Central Hockey League champions after dropping two straight on home ice. At the Rotary Spirit Centre on Friday, Nov.

It was not a game for the feint of heart, but in the end it was the Westlock Bantam Warriors that emerged with a 9-8 win over the New Sarepta Eagles on Saturday, Nov. 28 at the Rotary Spirit Centre in Tier 3 1660 Bantam Hockey League play.

Westlock area junior volleyball teams came home well decorated after competing in their respective zone tournaments on Tuesday, Nov. 17. In the girls 3J/4J tournament in Mayerthorpe, the R.F.

R.F. Staples senior boys volleyball teams suffered a season-ending defeat at the 3A zone championship. Hosted in Westlock on Saturday, the T-Birds couldn’t overcome Athabasca in the quarterfinals.

It was a medal podium weekend for area volleyball team, as the senior girls from Boyle School finished second at the 1A North Central Zone Volleyball Tournament in Hinton Nov. 20-21, while Grassland School’s senior girls came home with bronze.

Gryphon Jacob Deinum blocks a shot during a round-robin match-up versus the Edwin Parr Predators at Saturday's (Nov. 21) zone championships held in Westlock — the Gryphons went on to claim the zone banner defeating Morinville in the final. The boys now move on to the provincial 3A championships held in Grande Prairie on Nov. 26, 27 and 28.

A swimming pool and synchronized swimming may not be the first thing a person thinks about when they think about bobsleigh, but it didn’t stop Bobsleigh Canada Skeleton from using a unique venue and activity to announce this year’s national bobsleigh