Local Sports

A new club record was one of the accomplishments made at the recent Sinclair Challenge competition at the Athabasca Weightlifting Club. The Challenge, held Oct.

It isn’t often that you see two teams mingle together at the benches to listen to one coach give a brief talk before game. Then again, this year’s Bantam B teams in Athabasca are flowing a bit of a new program.

In the end, one quarter cost them a shot at another game. The Athabasca Pacers football team went to Wainwright last Saturday to face the Commandos in a Wheatland Division II quarterfinal game and couldn’t find their legs fast enough.

Athabasca’s other PeeWee hockey team is doing their best to not only play well and win, but to have fun also.

Sports are not always about winning, and that is the message the Barrhead FunTeam Hockey is sending. FunTeam Alberta is an association that was created by Dr. Randy Gregg in 1990 to teach kids the importance of being on a team.

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.