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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.

Anyone who was at the Agrena on the afternoon of Sunday, Dec. 21 might have thought the building had major structural problems. That is because every 20 minutes the ice surface seemed to tilt in favour of the Barrhead Atom Elks.

The Barrhead Atom Elks played a tough game against the Devon Drillers on Sunday, Dec. 28. It was looking like a shutout for the Drillers, going into the third period with a score of 6-0, and 28-11 in their favor.

A pair of weekend wins against the second- and third-place teams in the North Central Senior Hockey League has all but clinched first place for the Westlock Senior ‘AA’ Warriors.

Westlock’s Tier 5 Midget Warriors have had some struggles in the first half of the season, culminating in a trio of losses Dec. 19-21 to finish 2014.

The R.F. Staples senior girls’ team struggled with slow starts at an invitational tournament in Athabasca over the Dec. 13-14 weekend.

Winters in Alberta may feel awfully long for most of us, but they’re never long enough for the Tawatinaw Valley Freeriders.

For the coach of one high school girls basketball team, it wasn’t just another tournament. Not just a shot at putting more wins on the board or getting her team ready for a grueling season.