Local Sports

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.

Taking an early lead was just what the Westlock midget Warriors needed as they earned their second win of the season Friday night. Hosting Onoway at the Westlock Rotary Spirit Centre on Jan.

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The Athabasca Aces jumped out to an early lead and held onto it for more than half the game, but eventually succumbed to the Devon Barons last Saturday on home ice. “We were just not together as a team there. The guys were just not bearing down.