Local Sports

Another game tonight, another nerve-jangler. It’s that time of the season when the stakes increase, the chance of glory gets ever closer, and every game seems a do-or-die encounter.

At least one Barrhead team emerged from the St. Patrick’s Day weekend as champions after the Atom ‘A’ Hawks defeated the Redwater Rush 4-1 in front of a cheering crowd at the Agrena Sunday afternoon. “It feels good,” said coach David Schmidt.

Speed skater Tyler Chapman is so fast that by the time you finish reading this sentence he will be half way through a 111-metre race. At the Special Olympics Canada Winter Games on Feb. 29, he timed 14.64 seconds in the 111 m final.

When the provincial championships begin in Three Hills this weekend, Boyle’s bantam Blazers team will set out to prove they have saved their best for last.

This weekend, Athabasca’s Bantam ‘A’ Hawks will battle for provincial supremacy in Three Hills. The Hawks will join seven other teams (including their counterparts from Boyle) at the event.

Two Westlock-area athletes wrestled their way to the podium last weekend, both capturing gold at the 2012 Alberta Open held in Ponoka.

The Westlock Atom Selects steamrolled the Morinville Mustang 13-6 on Saturday, securing the bronze title of the Tier 2 1660 Atom Hockey League.

The Westlock Midget Sabres are 1660 Tier 3 Midget Hockey League champions following a two-game sweep of Fort Saskatchewan that culminated with an 11-5 win Sunday, March 11 at Jubilee Arena.

R.F. Staples’ Austin Tremblay pinned down a silver medal at the high-school provincial wrestling championships last weekend in Okotoks.

The St. Mary Sharks left the zones tournament last Saturday with a well-earned bronze medal, but that is unfortunately not enough to advance to provincials this weekend.