Local Sports

At the end of the two-day competition, no one had any idea of what the final result would be and that’s unusual in cheerleading. That according the Edwin Parr Composite head coach Barb Lachance.

Spring has sprung, though you might not realize it with the weekend’s return of winter. That hasn’t stopped Athabasca Minor Ball from pushing ahead after holding their annual general meeting and registration night Mar. 4.

They have been the heartbreak kids all season long, but this time they almost left it too late.

Usually winning a provincial championship means the end of the season, but not for the Barrhead Bantam Pirates.

It has been a good year for the Barrhead Composite High School Gryphon Boys basketball team. On the weekend of March 14 they won the provincial championship qualifying tournament in Morinville.

The Westlock Pee Wee Warriors are provincial silver medalists following a tight 4-2 loss to the High Prairie Lumber Blades on Sunday at the Provincial ‘C’ Hockey Championships in Tofield.

Westlock’s Senior Warriors captured their first North Central Hockey League title with a thrilling 3-2 overtime victory over the Devon Barons at the Westlock Rotary Spirit Centre on Wednesday night.

One can use all of the cliches they want, but they don’t matter come Friday. That’s when the Athabasca Midget B Hawks host the Edson Blades in the deciding game of the Sturgeon Pembina best-of-three league final.

A very long season came to an end just a bit too early for the senior girls from Edwin Parr Composite.

Warmth and sunny skies greeted all of the participants and the cheering crowds at the annual Aspen View Regional Cross Country ski races last Tuesday.