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With a medal draped around her neck, Sarah Lutz could reflect on the 6th annual Nordic Chill Swim Meet and declare: mission accomplished.

To say she put up a fight is an understatement. Haley Heffel competed in a total of six wrestling matches at the Butterdome high school wrestling tournament in Edmonton last Saturday, Feb. 2, and brought home a gold medal.

A fourth-place finish isn’t quite what teams want when they host a tournament, but that’s just where the St. Mary Sharks senior boys basketball team ended up over the weekend. Hosting and competing in the 2013 edition of the W.J.

The weather was warm, the snow was deep and more than 100 snowmobilers made the trek north to Long Island Lake for the Pembina Driftbusters poker rally last Saturday.

Senior ‘AA’ hockey may be returning to Westlock if one hockey father gets his way. Joe Kuhar appeared in front of Westlock town council Jan.

The Barrhead Renegades may not have had the most successful season so far, but their game Jan. 2 proved they still know how to play a good game of hockey and come out on top.

The 2013 edition of EPC Cheerfest lived up to its reputation as a raucous, crowd-pleasing event.

One game into a three game series, the Athabasca Aces find themselves in the unenviable position of having to play catch up.

A 7-3 home win over the Stony Plain Predators Jan. 27 has strengthened the Westlock Atom ‘B’ Warriors’ hold on first place.

There were some tense moments at the Westlock Rotary Spirit Centre Friday night, but when it was all said and done the Peewee ‘A’ Warriors notched a 4-4 tie and had booked their spot in the second round of the Peewee ‘B’ provincial tournament.