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In honour of Halloween the Barrhead Novice Elks did their best to trick their opponents and treat themseves.

It was more than they ever anticipated at the beginning of the season, but their semifinals loss in the Wheatland Football League playoffs was tough to swallow for the Westlock Thunderbirds football club.

The Westlock Pee Wee Warriors scored a 2-2 tie after going toe-to-toe with one of the league’s best teams. On Saturday, Oct.

The Midget Athabasca Hawks had a quite the home opener to kick off their season on Saturday defeating the Whitecourt Wolverines 12-0. The Hawks offence was truly dominant throughout the whole game as the outshot their opponents 57-17.

Goaltender Gideon Hall did his best to stop the visiting Sturgeon Mustangs from taking the win on Saturday, October 3, but Barrhead still lost 3-8 in the first game of the 2015/2016 hockey preseason.

The R.F. Staples T-Birds football team went down fighting, 17-7 to the Bonnyville Voyageurs under lights on Saturday night, .

All R.F. Staples volleyball teams were in action this weekend with the senior high teams playing in Athabasca, while the junior high clubs were in St. Albert.

Close to 500 students crowded the streets around the Neerlandia Public School to take part in the annual Terry Fox Run.

It was a busy weekend for rodeo goers. On the weekend of Sept.