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The joy on the faces of the Blackhawks’ players said everything. The team had just claimed gold after beating Fairview 3-2 to win the A final of the Edson Midget Female tournament.

Barrhead Steelers are on a winning roll. But that doesn’t mean Steelers’ fans can sit back comfortably and enjoy the ride. There are far too many bumps, twists and turns for that. Far too many surprises.

For the second year in a row, Edwin Parr Composite’s senior girls basketball team emerged as the champions of their home tournament. The Predators played three games during the tournament, winning them all to earn the big trophy.

Maya MacIsaac-Jones once again proved herself to be a world-class skier with her performance at the Sprint Quebec FIS Cross-Country World Cup last weekend.

A pair of weekend wins at the Westlock Rotary Spirit Centre has left Westlock’s Bantam Warriors with a 5-1 record and first-place in their division.

It was a close match, but the R.F. Staples Thunderbirds senior girls basketball team couldn’t quite overcome Edmonton’s Eastglen High School in the consolation final.

Playing at the Westlock Rotary Spirit Centre on Friday evening, the Barrhead Steelers captured their second win of the season with a 7-3 victory over the Devon Drillers.

For the first time since 2009, the Gord Smith Memorial Midget Tournament trophy is leaving Westlock In the final of the eighth edition of the tournament, the Westlock Warriors fell to the Spruce Grove Bandits 7-5, ending their hopes of a three-peat a

They didn’t wind up on top, but the Boyle Midget Blazers still put in a good showing at their host tournament last weekend. The Blazers welcomed teams from Fort St. John, Edson and Delburne to the Millview Recreation Complex for the event.

Edwin Parr Composite’s senior boys and girls basketball teams are back in action. Both teams got their season started with exhibition games at home to Barrhead last Wednesday.