Local Sports

Edwin Parr Composite (EPC) High School football player Gaetano Minto has been awarded Most Valuable Offensive Player for the Wheatland Football League tier two division for the 2013 season.

Athabasca hosted a large basketball tournament this past weekend with teams from all over north central Alberta competing. Edwin Parr Composite High School senior girls team coach Wade Hicks said the team did well this weekend.

The Athabasca Aces got all they could have wished for at their last regular season game of 2013: an overtime win against the division leading Devon Barons.

There may be some people unhappy with the loads of snow the Barrhead area has been getting, but skiers and snowboarders are not among them. Misty Ridge Ski Hill officially opened for the season Dec.

Seven Barrhead Swim Club members dived into a competition in Ponoka – and each one surfaced with medals or ribbons. “The meet was an awesome experience for all who participated,” said the club’s Melanie Cerny.

Westlock’s senior ‘AA’ Warriors enter the Christmas break with a 6-6-0 North Central Hockey League record after falling to the Whitecourt Wild 5-3 in Whitecourt on Dec. 13. “We finish up before the Christmas break here on a .

The Westlock midget Warriors earned their first win of the 2013-2014 season with a rousing 3-2 win in front of the home crowd Friday night. Playing against the Wabamun Wildcats at the Westlock Rotary Spirit Centre on Dec.

The Westlock Thunderbirds football team put the finishing touches on a successful season with an awards banquet at the Westlock Inn last Thursday night.

The Westlock Senior ‘AA’ Warriors are settling into their groove and playing the kind of hockey they want to play — with the results on the score sheets to prove it. The locals were in high spirits after a 5-4 win Dec.

After games like the one on Friday night at the Agrena, perhaps it is time for hockey fans to receive an official health warning: this sport can seriously damage your health.