Local Sports

Next stop, provincials. The Boyle School Huskies senior girls volleyball team continued their remarkable season by winning the zone championship last weekend.

The Barrhead Steelers went goal crazy against Strathcona Warriors, thumping them 8-2 in a bad-tempered encounter. Hat-trick hero Connor Tiemstra proved one of the Warriors’ chief tormentors with goals in each period.

The Barrhead gold rush continues. On Saturday, the senior boys and girls Gryphons struck gold in zone tournaments with displays rich in spirit and promise.

The Westlock Midget Sabres came out on top of the Camrose Cougars at the Jubilee Arena in Westlock last Friday night, encouraged by an enthusiastic crowd of more than 100 people. The local boys didn’t get the win without a fight, however.

A season of hard work and training all came together for two brothers at a Red Deer grappling tournament last Saturday.

The Barrhead midget ‘A’ Renegades have ended their season-opening losing streak with a 5-5 tie against the visiting Leduc Roughnecks Saturday night at the Agrena. The Nov.

A strong effort by the Barrhead Midget ‘AA’ Steelers didn’t result in a win Nov. 13 at the Agrena as the team failed to hold on to a two-goal lead after two periods and had to settle for a 3-3 tie with the Spruce Grove Saints.

The Boyle Blazers bantam hockey team played host to their annual tournament last weekend, but they didn’t let their visitors have much fun. The team was dominant over the weekend, winning all four of their games on the way to the championship.

Edwin Parr Composite’s senior boys volleyball team has rebounded from a slow start to become one of the most dangerous teams around.

The Boyle School Huskies girl’s volleyball team kept rolling last weekend as they won their ‘Running With the Dogs’ tournament. The team has now won six gold medals in as many tournaments this season.