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The Westlock T-Birds scored a silver medal after a hard-fought final match that went right down to the wire. The girls faced the St.

What a difference a year has made for the Barr-West Pirates Bantam ‘AA’ hockey team.

It wasn’t quite the result the team was looking for, but the BCHS senior boys volleyball team is happy with its third-place finish in last weekend’s tournament at Louis St. Laurent in Edmonton.

The Athabasca Pacers football team celebrated a fun season last week. After losing out in the playoffs, the team met one last time last Thursday for a fun game of touch football which included parents and Grade 8’s.

The Athabasca Aces continued their strong start to the season with a pair of hard fought road games last weekend. The Aces lost a tight game to the Hinton Heat 5-4 on Saturday night, and then rebounded with a thrilling 9-8 win over the Edson Ice.

The Westlock Thunderbirds’ hopes for a Wheatland Football League crown remain intact following a 21-7 home-playoff win Saturday over the Athabasca Pacers.

The R.F. Staples senior girls volleyball team lost out in the second round of playoffs over the weekend at Morinville’s Lion’s Western Canadian Challenge Invitational Volleyball Tournament.

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.

The Westlock Thunderbirds’ hopes for a Wheatland Football League crown remain intact following a 21-7 home-playoff win Saturday over the Athabasca Pacers.