Local Sports

The Barrhead Curling Rink hosted the Non-Competitive Junior Bonspiel on Saturday Jan. 10, and Sunday, Jan 11, something that has not been seen in Barrhead for several years. The Barrhead under 14 curling team played for the A final title against St.

The old adage says close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades, but those in attendance at the Barrhead Agrena will say it was close. On Friday, Jan.

The season has gotten off to a slow start for the Boyle Huskies senior boys basketball squad.

All three finals featured local rinks on the weekend at the Athabasca Mixed bonspiel. While the field of entries was down from some years, that seemed make things more competitive as the three event finals were all decided by a single rock.

Some decent conditions resulted in a good start to the competitive cross-country ski season for eight members of the Athabasca Nordic Club just prior to Christmas.

Something that has become a bit more of a problem lately saw the North Central AA Midget Bulls get fenced into another loss on Sunday.

It turns out Pirates are more predatory than predators. At least they were on Saturday, Jan. 3 when the Stony Plain Bantam A Predators visited Barrhead Agrena to take on the home town Pirates.

The Barrhead Steelers may be a team without a league, but that does not mean they will not be playing any games this year. On Friday, Jan. 9, the Steelers will be playing in an exhibition game against a team from Prince George.

The Westlock Senior ‘AA' Warriors capitalized on the power play to score a 6-5 victory on Saturday night versus the Slave Lake Winterhawks.

After taking the lead in the second period, the Tier 3 Westlock Midget Warriors managed to hold off the Redwater Rush to win their first game of 2015.