Local Sports

For a fourth-straight year, R.F. Staples’ senior girls volleyball team has left the Whitecourt tournament as champions.

The North Central Bulls Midget ‘AA’ team was in action at a tournament in Wainwright last weekend.

Two experienced local coaches are teaming up to bring the game of basketball to a new generation. Mark Francis and Wade Hicks are taking the lead on Athabasca Minor Basketball, a new program for kids in Grades 1-7 that will begin on Thursday, Oct.

Question: When does silver feel like gold? Answer: When you topple your keenest rivals to acquire it. Thus it was for the junior Gryphons boys on Saturday, who took down Westlock’s R.F.

As shifts go this was a long one – almost 12 hours.

The Westlock Thunderbirds football team put one in the win column last Friday night posting a 34-3 win over the Vegreville Vortex. It was a satisfying win, with the T-Birds coming off a disappointing loss to the Pacers in Athabasca Sept.

The R.F. Staples Thunderbirds senior boys volleyball team brought home a silver medal from a tournament in Camrose last weekend, after losing a tight final match against Bawlf.

The Westlock Thunderbirds football team put one in the win column last Friday night, when they dominated the field, coming to a 34-3 win over the Vegreville Vortex.

It was a day filled with women pushing themselves to their limits, and with their families and community behind them they were able to do so with great success.

The Athabasca Aces are back in action, with new and returning players hitting the ice twice last week.