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A win doesn’t have to be pretty, which was a good thing for the Westlock Senior ‘AA’ Warriors last weekend in their North Central Senior Hockey League games.

Most teams playing at the community level are determined to do one thing well and that is get the players to learn the fundamentals of hockey.

It may have come as a bit of surprise, but Keegan Kanzig is happy to be a part of the Calgary Hitmen.

Volleyball only ended on the weekend and basketball is already heating up at Edwin Parr Composite. Practices for the senior girls and boys teams began more than a week ago and things are looking fairly good on both sides of the court.

It was all fun and games when it came to this sport, on Friday, Nov. 21 at the Barrhead Agrena. FCSS turned to the Barrhead Midget Steelers and a team of various businesses and people who work in the community, to get the crowd excited about toys.

Shooting has always come naturally for John Barkemeyer, so it would make sense that he would load up his gun and head to the 2014 Huntsman World Senior Games. Little did he know as he packed his suitcase for the weeklong trip to St.

The Barrhead Atom Hawks and Elks were host to a tournament on Nov. 14, 15, and 16, starting off on a winning streak. The Barrhead Hawks played the A final game against the Edmonton Hawks, losing to the team earlier that morning.

Imagine skating with some of the players who have their names delicately engraved on the Stanley Cup, who have won numerous awards and trophies for doing what they do best. Dale Gummow can.

The home team was simply overmatched in a pair of games they needed to have a shot heading to provincials.

In the end, the guys just were not able to get past a larger opponent.