Local Sports

The Westlock Minor Hockey Association will wrap up its 2011-2012 season with the annual award ceremony scheduled to take place on April 12.

Barrhead’s senior curlers wrapped up their season last week with a two-day bonspiel March 27-28 at the Barrhead Curling Rink.

The dream season is over. The Barrhead Midget ‘AA’ Steelers are not league champions after they dropped game four of their Northern Alberta Midget AA Hockey League championship series 8-3 to the Fort Saskatchewan Rangers on the road on April 1.

Talented gymnasts showcased their skills and capped off a great season with the Athabasca FLIPS Fun Meet last Saturday.

Two local teens excelled at the Alberta Target Archers Association Indoor Provincial Shoot in Calgary on March 24-25.

Westlock’s Atom Selects continued their winning ways last weekend, but came up a goal short in the finals of the provincial ‘B’ championships in Blackfalds.

The annual Men’s Bonspiel Curling Tournament took place over the weekend at the Athabasca Regional Multiplex. 19 teams from around the region took part in the event which gave out cash prizes and sponsorship items as well.

The Athabasca Bantam ‘A’ Hawks played three games at the provincial championships in Three Hills last weekend, winning one of them and losing two to finish outside of the playoff round.

The Boyle Blazers bantam hockey team had a weekend they’ll never forget as they went undefeated to win the provincial championship in Three Hills.

Barrhead was well represented at the 2012 Edmonton Journal Indoor Games finals March 17, with 34 students running as hard as they could to bring hardware home.