Local Sports

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.

The Covenant Canadian Reformed School (CCRS) junior volleyball teams had an exciting weekend of competition in the North Central Junior High League Zone Championship at Boyle School Nov. 17.

The wait is over. Enough snow has fallen for sledders to don helmets and fire up machines. Time to hit those trails … and have some fun. But as ever people have been urged to remain vigilant and obey safety rules.

Last Saturday’s Westlock Minor Hockey dinner-dance-auction was a big success, rivaling previous editions in terms of money raised.

The Westlock Pee Wee Tier 2 Warriors were a little rusty against the Spruce Grove Chiefs last Saturday afternoon after having had two weeks off.

Senior boys and girls Gryphons have shown again they can mix it with the best in the provincials. Just a few points denied the boys the honour of waking up this week as provincial champions.