Local Sports

Athabasca runners braved two or three inches of snow to bring home hardware from the Club Cross-Country Running Provincial Competition in Calgary Nov. 2. Eight students — all girls — from Landing Trail Intermediate School (LTIS) competed.

As the high school kids might say, the Edwin Parr Composite (EPC) senior boys Predators volleyball team is “just killing it.

For two weekends running, the super Stingerz of Covenant Canadian Reformed School have been the pride of Neerlandia. On Nov. 1 and 2 the senior boys and girls turned in gold medal performances at a volleyball tournament in Swan Hills.

High-flying hockey player Nikolas Koberstein has had another huge honour placed on his young shoulders.

It looked bleak for the Westlock Senior ‘AA’ Warriors as they headed into the third period against the Slave Lake Winterhawks last Saturday night, but they turned things around in short order.

The coaches agree it could have been a win, but overcoming a 2-0 deficit to pull out a tie was a pretty good result for the Westlock Midget Warriors last Sunday afternoon.

A new submission wrestling club has started up in Westlock and it’s looking for new members over the age of 15 interested in practising a fighting style commonly seen in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC).

The Westlock Warriors Senior ‘AA’ hockey team sits at 2-2-0 in the North Central Hockey League after splitting two games over the weekend. On Nov. 1, the Warriors played at home against the Drayton Valley Wildcats, winning 6-2. On Nov.

The Athabasca Aces won their home game 7-1 against Rocky Mountain House last Sunday. This is the first win for the Aces so far this season. Coach Curtis Creaser said it was well needed and well deserved. “We started the year 0-3.

The Edwin Parr Composite High School Pacers tier two football team lost their final game of the season last Saturday for the Consolation Cup against the tier one Bonnyville Voyageurs.