Local Sports

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.

After a strong round-robin and a decisive victory in the semifinals, the R.F. Staples seniors boys volleyball team came within a few points of a gold medal at the Westlock Rotary Spirit Centre last weekend.

After an impressive showing at the R.F. Staples home tournament at the Westlock Rotary Spirit Centre last weekend, the senior girls volleyball team walked away with a silver medal.

Athabasca Pacers – Tier 2 Champions. The local football team claimed their spot at the top of their division of the Wheatland Football League with a decisive 34-14 defeat of the Vermillion Marauders on Saturday.

Athabasca’s senior high volleyball teams were on fire at the 41st annual J.A. Williams High School Wow Pow Tournament in Lac La Biche last weekend. Edwin Parr Composite’s senior girls had a strong showing, ultimately bowing out in the semi-finals.

Football season is over in Westlock. Playing in their first playoff game of the year in Athabasca on Oct. 20, the Westlock Thunderbirds came up short, losing 40-14 to the Pacers.