Local Sports

Sometimes the games that look easiest on paper are the most difficult. Motivation goes AWOL. So too discipline. And teamwork disintegrates as players see a chance of personal glory.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

A broken ice plant wasn’t enough to dampen the spirits at the Barrhead Curling Rink over the weekend when more than 100 curlers and curling fans descended on Barrhead for the ladies bonspiel.

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