Local Sports

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.

A stellar season came to an end for the Boyle School Huskies senior girls volleyball team last weekend. The girls were in Plamondon for the 1A provincial championships.

The R.F. Staples girls volleyball team brought home a bronze medal from the zone championships over the weekend in Barrhead, but will not be heading to provincials after falling in the semi-final to the hosts.

The St. Mary senior boys volleyball season continues as the team is headed for provincials after sweeping the North Central Zones championship over the weekend.

So far, life in the Western Hockey League is suiting Keegan Kanzig just fine. The native of Athabasca has played over 20 games with the Victoria Royals in this, his first season of major junior hockey.