Local Sports

The Edwin Parr Composite JV girls basketball team won their zone championship last weekend. The local school hosted the season-ending tournament, and the EPC girls came out on top to claim their first zone title.

Local skiers hit the powder at Landing Trail Intermediate School last Thursday for the Aspen View Regional Cross Country Ski Championships.

Clyde’s Austin Tremblay captured a gold medal at the Rural Wrestling Provincials held in Edson Feb. 27-28. The Grade 11 R.F.

The Westlock T-Birds kicked butt this weekend as the junior high girls squad scored gold at the Pembina Hills Junior High Divisional Tournament held Friday and Saturday in Barrhead.

The St. Mary Girls basketball team was shutout at the home-hosted Cathy Mitchell Cup over the weekend, where the team finished in last place.

Westlock’s midget Sabres started its league playoff run on a positive note over the weekend, beating out Barrhead’s Renegades 5-4 Friday night.

As a sporting contest, this game was over after less than seven minutes. A rapid-fire three goals put the Steelers in complete control, sending the St. Albert Crusaders into a tailspin from which they could not recover.

Precious metal collectors the Senior boys Gryphons added to their lustrous haul last weekend. They returned from Devon with a gleam about them … from silver medals and pride.

The Athabasca Midget Hawks got the jump on Jasper in Game One of their provincial playoff series with a 5-1 win at home last Saturday.

The junior varsity girls basketball team from Edwin Parr Composite went undefeated at their host tournament last weekend. The girls played four games last Friday and Saturday and won them all to claim the tournament championship.