Local Sports

A champion is described as a fighter or warrior, and that is one way of describing Derek Jolivette. At the age of 19 Jolivette was introduced to the sport that would soon change his life forever.

The St. Mary Sharks home tournament is being hailed as a success, even though neither host team medaled. The school hosted the Joe Nestorovich Memorial tournament at the Westlock Rotary Spirit Centre Oct.

Westlock’s Senior AA Warriors have improved their record to 3-0 with a pair of wins last weekend.

It is always a good thing to head into football’s post-season with a positive feeling and the Athabasca Pacers are doing just that.

It is the best finish for a cross country running team from Edwin Parr Composite (EPC) at a provincial championship, but they never really got to celebrate it.

Not a bad start to the season for the Athabasca Midget B Winter Hawks. The club has a win and a tie after a pair of home games on the weekend, but things didn’t come easy initially.

The Barrhead Midget Steelers played their first home preseason game on Sunday, Oct. 12 at the Barrhead Agrena against the Smoky Lake Stars. Within minutes of the first period a goal was score by the Steelers, by player Koby Adams.

The Barrhead Bantam Pirates, tier two, played the Calmar Cobras on Oct. 18, at the Barrhead Agrena.

The Westlock Senior ‘AA’ Warriors opened their 2014-2015 North Central Hockey League Season season by trouncing the Slave Lake Winterhawks 5-0 on Friday night at the Rotary Spirit Centre. “It was a good start to a new season,” said coach Joe Kuhar.

The Westlock Thunderbirds football team ended their Wheatland Football League regular season on Saturday by avenging their earlier loss to the St. Paul Lions, downing the visiting team by a score of 25-16. “We were very good today.