Local Sports

The Westlock Sabres ruled the seventh annual Gord Smith Memorial Midget Tournament hosted at Jubilee Arena over the weekend. The Sabres beat the Meadow Lake Storm 6-5 in overtime in the final, ending the game with just 35 seconds left on the clock.

Edwin Parr Composite’s senior girls basketball team is back on the court.

Edwin Parr Composite’s senior boys basketball team got their season off to a great start by winning a tournament in Boyle last weekend.

The boys Senior Gryphons have put basketball opponents this season on notice – we will fight you to the last point.

Although they only came home with one bronze medal between them, the 10 members of the Barrhead Figure Skating Club had a successful weekend Nov. 25-26 in Drayton Valley.

High school volleyball in Westlock officially came to a close last weekend after the St. Mary Sharks, the only team in the area to earn a spot at provincials, finished in fifth place.

The Westlock Bantam Warriors mounted an impressive comeback in the third period to tie the first-place Calmar Cobras 4-4 at the Jubilee Arena Saturday night.

Alberta has a new 3A boys provincial volleyball champion after the three-time reigning BCHS Gryphons fell in a tough bronze-medal match against Peace Wapiti Academy from Grande Prairie. After winning the 3A North Central Zone banner Nov.

Dreams of returning from St. Paul with a gold medal from the 3A girls volleyball provincials were dashed for the BCHS Gryphons even before the playoff round had even started. Having just won the North Central zone tournament at home Nov.

The Athabasca Midget ‘A’ Hawks notched a pair of wins over Jasper last weekend to remain undefeated this season. The teams played a double header at the Athabasca Regional Multiplex, with one game on Saturday and the other on Sunday.