Local Sports

The St. Mary girls Sharks basketball team will take its results at the Hay Lake Invitational tournament Feb. 18-19 as a learning experience. “We had definitely a schizophrenic kind of performance,” said coach Peter Molesky.

The St. Mary Sharks boys basketball team lost the bronze-medal match at last weekend’s home tournament, but coach Darcy Romanuik said he’s still pleased with their level of play. Eight teams played in the 25th W.J.

A local wrestler brought home a silver medal from a tournament last weekend, and says if she hadn’t suffered a concussion during the match she would have won the gold.

Fun, friendship and fundraising were the hallmarks of the Oilmens Bonspiel last weekend. The event was held at the Athabasca Regional Multiplex beginning last Friday, continuing on Saturday and finishing up with the championship games on Sunday.

The Athabasca Aces played their last game of the season on Saturday, but it was a memorable one.

As the peewee ‘B’ playoffs approach, the Barrhead Eagles are gearing up to make a run at the league championship. On Feb. 10, the Whitecourt Vipers pulled into town for a makeup game that was a rehearsal for Round 1 of the playoffs.

The Barrhead ‘AA’ Midget Steelers lost 3-2 in Game 2 of their provincial playdowns on Feb. 9 against the St. Alberta Crusaders, but quickly got over the loss in time for their game against the Morinville Warriors on Feb. 11.

A small team did not stop the Westlock Wrestling Club from bringing home three medals from two tournaments at the Butterdome in Edmonton on Feb. 5. The club sent 10 wrestlers, and came home with two golds and one silver, said coach Jessie Norton.

A Westlock taekwondo athlete has done her town and province proud by bringing home a bronze medal from a national competition. Kiana Hein, 12, was in Winnipeg for the 2011 Canadian National Championships on Jan.

Last time the Barrhead Midget ‘AA’ Steelers squared off against division rivals St. Albert Crusaders on Jan. 7, it was a no-contest matchup. On Friday, the Crusaders came back to Barrhead for Game 1 of their Provincial Playdown series.