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The senior boys Gryphons have once again done Barrhead proud. They shone at a weekend basketball tournament in Edson, returning home with silver medals after losing 58-53 to the host team in a pulsating final.

The Alberta Snowmobile Association Jamboree will go ahead this coming weekend, Feb. 3-5, despite an uncooperative weather pattern that has seen more freezing rain than snow.

Maya MacIsaac-Jones took her skiing career to new heights at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympic Games in Innsbruck, Austria this month.

A third period comeback not only netted Westlock’s Midget Sabres a win, but returned the club to top spot in Tier 3 of the 1660 Hockey League.

The regular season came to a close for the Athabasca Aces last Friday with a 4-3 loss to the Slave Lake Winterhawks. The Aces played host to the best team in the North Central Hockey League at the Multiplex.

The Athabasca Rotary Club is inviting the community to the Sportsman’s Dinner at the Athabasca Regional Multiplex on April 27. The club has hosted a number of such dinners in recent years, each of them featuring a special guest speaker.

Westlock-area fun hockey teams certainly lived up to their title last weekend at the Jubilee Arena, where the Westlock Fun Hockey Association’s Canadiens hosted eight other clubs.

The Harlem Crowns were a hit in Athabasca last week. The team of standout basketball players brought their incredible skills and comedic stylings to Edwin Parr Composite on Jan.

The Westlock Wrestling Club is celebrating victory after a trio of girls returned home with gold medals after a tournament in Edmonton last week.

It may not have been the gold medal they were hoping for on their home court, but the BCHS Senior Jags girls basketball team pulled out a bronze medal performance in their first tournament action of the year over the weekend.