Local Sports

After a great season on the gridiron, the Athabasca Pacers celebrated with a windup dinner last Thursday at Edwin Parr Composite.

The Midget ‘A’ Hawks of Athabasca are still on the hunt for their first win. The team lost a pair of games last weekend (6-5 at home to Slave Lake on Friday and 9-2 in Wabasca on Saturday), dropping their record to 0-4 on the season.

First the good news: the regular season is only two games old. Secondly, the bad news: Barrhead’s Renegades have lost both games by four-goal and three-goal margins.

The Barrhead Midget Blackhawks found great success over the weekend, as they faced and conquered Fort Saskatchewan in a shutout game Sunday, Nov. 11.

Although it was their home tournament, the St. Mary Sharks boys volleyball team came up short in its quest for the title. Hosting the 2012 edition of the Joe Nestorovich Memorial tournament at the Westlock Rotary Spirit Centre Nov.

Despite a short bench presenting a bit of a challenge, the R.F. Staples senior boys volleyball team came close to a gold medal in a 12-team tournament in Camrose last weekend.

“Impose your will,” has been the mantra that the BCHS Junior Girls Gryphons volleyball team has lived by throughout the course of the season and that is exactly what they did at the North Central Zone Volleyball Championships held at Morinville Commu

The Barrhead Steelers faced off against the Strathcona Warriors Friday night, and skated their way to an easy victory with a final score of 5-1 in their second regular season game.

Silver medals were the prize for Boyle School’s senior girls volleyball team at their annual Running With The Dogs tournament last weekend.

The Athabasca Pacers football team wrapped up one of their best seasons ever on Saturday.