Local Sports

Barrhead couple Bert and Mary Dube, and Lac La Nonne couple Stan and Faye Schultz all have something in common: they are the proud champions of the 70 Plus 4 Western Provinces curling tournament.

The dream of finishing first in their division evaporated for the Athabasca Pacers with a 34-21 loss to Vermillion last Thursday.

The North Central Bulls’ first season in the Northern Alberta Midget ‘AA’ Hockey League got off to a rocky start with a pair of losses last weekend.

The Athabasca Pacers kept rolling with a 35-6 win over the R.F. Staples Thunderbirds in Westlock last Friday.

It was a golden weekend for Edwin Parr Composite’s senior high volleyball teams in St. Paul. Both the boys and girls teams took part in the tournament, and both made themselves at home, going unbeaten on their way to the gold.

The Westlock Thunderbirds football team has dropped to a 1-3 record after a 35-7 home-turf loss to the Athabasca Pacers last Friday night.

The verdict on the Wildrose Rodeo Finals is in – a spectacular success. Barrhead Agricultural Society president Adolph Bablitz thanked people who flocked to the Agrena for the Sept 13-16 spectacle.

The Westlock Thunderbirds now sit with a 1-3 record in the Wheatland Football League after a 35-7 home-turf loss to the Athabasca Pacers last Friday night.

The Westlock Thunderbirds senior boys volleyball walked away from a Spruce Grove tournament with a silver medal after narrowly falling to Barrhead in the finals.

It took three tournaments, but the R.F. Staples senior boys volleyball team is finally a champion.