Local Sports

Both senior basketball teams at Edwin Parr Composite are in the tune up phase prior to competing for a spot in their respective provincial tournaments.

An Athabasca cross country skier came away with a podium finish at the recently concluded 2015 Canada Winter Games.

There remain a few Athabasca teams left standing in the Sturgeon Pembina Hockey League playoffs. In the Novice division, it was a battle between two Athabasca teams this past weekend to see who would advance to the league final.

All aboard, for the bus to Calgary. For the second time in two years the Barrhead Steelers Midget A hockey team will move on the represent the town in the Provincial Midget Hockey Championship Tournament.

Barrhead Composite High School played host on the weekend to an eight-team, two day day basketball tournament, with teams coming to Barrhead from all over the region.

To nobody’s surprise, the Westlock Senior ‘A’ Warriors swept their best-of-five playoff series with the Whitecourt Wild on Saturday night, clinching a spot in the North Central Hockey League (NCHL) championship.

For at least the third-straight year, the R.F. Staples junior high girls team will be going to zone championships after winning the divisionals last Thursday in Barrhead. R.F.

Westlock’s Senior Warriors ripped the Whitecourt Wild Saturday night at the Rotary Spirit Centre, posting a 9-4 win and a taking a 2-0 lead in their best-of-five North Central Hockey League semifinal series.

St. Mary School has beaten cross-town rivals, the R.F. Staples junior varsity basketball team 57-38. The teams met in the consolation final of the Cathy Mitchell Memorial Cup tournament held at the Westlock Rotary Spirit Centre Feb. 21.

Lucille Lisowski grew up on ice, and shared that love with her students through the Barrhead Figure Skating Club (BFSC).