Local Sports

Westlock’s Senior ‘AA’ Warriors begin their inaugural North Central Hockey League playoff run away from the home crowd, but fought to an impressive 6-4 in Morinville on Feb. 1.

With just over a year of experience under his belt, some might say 12-year-old Patrick Heida is a little late to the speed skating game. However judging by his performance at the 2014 Alberta Open Long Track Outdoor Meet in Red Deer Jan.

Many eyes will be focused on Sochi, Russia from February 6 - 26 when Onoway’s extraordinary athlete, Amanda Ammar, competes in several cross-country skiing events at the Winter Olympics.

Six local cross-country skiers are headed to Banff and Canmore this weekend for the Alberta Winter Games.

After a 5-4 loss to one of the weaker teams in the league on Sunday, midget AA North Central Bulls coach Gil Dubrule characterized his team’s season as erratic. “We seem to have a Jekyll and Hyde team,” said Dubrule.

DJ Giacobbo, a product of the short-lived but highly successful Athabasca Hitmen minor lacrosse program, has parlayed his almost accidental introduction to the sport into a successful U.S.

Two weekend wins mean the Athabasca Aces are heading to playoffs, dissipating the end-of-season uncertainty that has hung over the senior AA team for weeks. “We were very, very physical.

The Barrhead Midget Renegades played a tough game against the Leduc Roughnecks over the weekend, and succumbed to the powerful plays of their opponents with a loss of 5-2. The Renegades were off to a shaky start in the first period.

In a close game that had everyone in the crowd on the edge of their seats, Barrhead saw the Bantam Pirates take a well-deserved win during their first provincial game last Thursday.

It was a difficult final weekend of the season for the Westlock senior ‘AA’ Warriors, as they dropped both games they played. The weekend started with a 5-4 loss to the Devon Barons on home ice on Jan.