Local Sports

For a small town club, the results from their first swim meet of the season is proof they should be able to compete this season. A total of 11 swimmers from the Athabasca Rapids Swim Club took part in their opening meet on Nov.

A late third-period goal and some clutch goaltending secured the Westlock Warriors their fifth win of the year — a 6-5 victory over the Devon Barons.

The R.F. Staples senior girls volleyball team came one match away from punching their ticket to the provincial championships. At the 3A zone championships hosted in Morinville Nov. 14-15, the T-Birds were flying high until the Saturday-night final.

A second-place finish at a 12-team tournament in Camrose last weekend is nothing to shake a stick at for the R.F. Staples senior boys volleyball team.

It was a bittersweet championship game for the Westlock Thunderbirds football team as they faced the St. Paul Lions last Saturday afternoon in the Division 2 Wheatland Football League final.

Things at the Boyle Curling Club are rocking and rolling for yet another season.

Girls volleyball is on a championship roll in the junior ranks at Boyle School. The Huskies junior girls volleyball A-team, consisting of seven Grade 9 players and just two Grade 8s, won their zone final tournament against some stiff competition.

The outcome definitely could have been different for the North Central Midget AA Bulls. The Bulls fell by a score of 6-4 to the St.

It’s been a strange way to start the season for the Athabasca Hawks Atom A club. Three of their first four games have come against the same team, but head coach Erin Francis explained that hasn’t stopped the team from getting off to a great start.

The Barrhead Flyers fought until the very end during a weekend tournament hosted in Barrhead. The tournament ran on Saturday, Nov. 1, and Sunday, Nov. 2, at the Barrhead Agrena.