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There’s no two ways around it, Westlock Bantam ‘B’ Warriors’ coach Tate McNelly has only one goal in mind for the Provincial Bantam ‘C’ tournament his team will be at in Rimbey this weekend. “I go into everything thinking I’m going to win,” he said.

Three years later, seven teammates from the last Westlock minor hockey team to host a provincial tournament are teaming up again in hopes of bringing provincial glory to town.

The Athabasca Figure Skating Club will perform “Hijacked Fairytales” at the Athabasca Regional Multiplex on March 9. The show begins at 1 p.m., and more than 80 skaters will grace the ice as fairytale characters.

After a hockey-filled weekend, two Boyle Blazers teams have won their way to the provincial championships.

The explosion of joy at the end of an Agrena hockey game last Friday marked a coronation. The Barrhead Steelers had just been crowned Zone 3 Midget B champions after brushing aside Edson 5-2 in playoffs.

It’s a tall order playing basketball against the senior boys Gryphons. With three players in the 6ft 8in to 6ft 4in range, they will almost certainly out-jump you, outreach you and outrun you.

Westlock will be well represented at the provincial high school wrestling tournament this weekend.

The gymnasium at Dapp School saw its fair share of action last week after an basketball tournament that saw six schools in friendly competition last Friday.

After dropping their opening game at the 2014 Cathy Mitchell Cup, the Saint Mary senior girls basketball team rebounded to claim the consolation title. The Sharks won the title with a hard-fought 77-67 victory over Boyle.

Westlock’s senior ‘AA’ Warriors are done for the year following back-to-back overtime heartbreakers this past weekend. The team’s inaugural North Central Hockey League season came to an end Feb.