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The football season came to an end for the Athabasca Pacers last Saturday with a playoff loss to Westlock by a score of 21-7. The team traveled to Westlock for the game, the first of the playoffs for both squads.

Three up, three down. Three games into the 2011-12 North Central Hockey League season, the Athabasca Aces remain undefeated. And they’re winning convincingly. Their first game was a 9-4 thumping of the Legal Vipers on Oct.

A 30-0 victory over the Vegreville Vortex brought the regular season to a triumphant close for the Athabasca Pacers last weekend. Edwin Parr Composite’s football team was on the road for the game last Saturday, their last of the regular season.

Football is a team sport powered by individual performances. As an individual, Rochester native Keith Shologan can be proud of his 2011 Canadian Football Season.

The R.F. Staples junior varsity girls team soared to gold at their home tournament over the weekend. The tourney had 16 teams — eight girls and eight boys — battle on the court with R.F.

The Westlock Thunderbirds were handed a crushing defeat at the hands of the Vermilion Marauders, who took the final regular season game 34-6.

The Westlock Thunderbirds were handed a crushing defeat at the hands of the Vermillion Marauders Oct. 14, who took the final regular season game 34-6.

It took a third-period comeback, but the Barrhead Midget ‘AA’ Steelers remain undefeated in Northern Alberta Midget AA Hockey League play with a 4-3 win over the visiting Edge Maroon Oct. 14 at the Agrena.

With a crushing 41-0 victory over the visiting Vegreville Vortex on Oct. 6, the Westlock Thunderbirds are one step closer to a first-place ranking heading into playoffs.

It was a doubly satisfying Oct. 1 afternoon on the volleyball court in Spruce Grove for the senior Lady Gryphons, as they won the STA Classic tournament and beat their archrivals, the R.F. Staples Thunderbirds from Westlock in the process.