Local Sports

A group of Barrhead Air cadets will be heading to Edmonton in early April to compete in a provincial competition after they finished in first place in zone qualification. On Saturday, Feb.

Outskilled, but not outworked. After a stellar first half where they managed to gain a 26-point lead at one point, the St. Mary Sharks senior boys basketball team lost to Grand Trunk 82-49 in the final of the 1A North Central Zones on Saturday.

R.F. Staples senior boys basketball team ended their season in dramatic fashion Saturday with a 94-90 OT win.

Westlock’s Bantam Warriors are headed to Viking this weekend in the hopes of bringing home a provincial championship banner. Competition at the ‘C” championship runs March 12-15 and Westlock’s pool will include clubs from Ponoka, St.

The pee wee Warriors are taking good form into their run for a provincial 'C' championship banner. The team, which has also swept its division playoffs so far, is looking great say co-coaches Justin Schram and Mike Towle. The provincials run March 19-22 in Tofield.

The Barrhead Composite High School Junior Varsity teams hosted zones over the weekend, Both teams scored themselves a win during their first games of the tournament.

A week later, Howard Gelderman can still feel the lingering effects of participating in the Canadian Birkenbeiner on Feb. 14.

A local co-ed cheer team was ecstatic following their performance at one of Canada’s largest cheerleading competitions.

Sometimes success is measured differently. That’s the case for the four Athabasca Rapids Swim Club athletes that competed in the Northern Age Group Regional meet held at the Kinsmen Sports Centre in Edmonton on Feb. 27 to Mar. 1.

All they need to do was ensure they were on the positive side of the scoreboard.