Local Sports

After spending the day at The University of Alberta last week, 20 students from Westlock Elementary School earned the opportunity to go back next month.

The 20th annual Kathy Mitchell Memorial Cup at St. Mary’s last weekend was a great success, even if the Sharks didn’t win, coach Peter Molesky says.

WES and Dapp met up on Feb. 22 in Westlock, with Dapp coming out on top. The two teams meet again at the regional championship held March 11 in Dapp. The outcome was the same, as Dapp posted a 26-20 win. On the girls side, Clyde upset WES 30-24.

The Westlock Tier 3 Midget Sabres continue their march to the playoffs with a dominant 4-0 win at home against the visiting Leduc B2 Roughnecks on Feb. 16.

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.

In the Zone 2 bantam finals, the Boyle Blazers have quickly established their dominance. The Blazers welcomed the Smoky Lake Stars to the Millview Recreation Complex on Friday night for game one of the two-game, total points series.

Keegan Kanzig isn’t coming home from Halifax empty handed. As a member of Team Alberta at the Canada Winter Games in Nova Scotia, the Athabasca native won a bronze medal.

Since the fall of 2007, Tyler Chapman has been working towards his goal of participating in the Special Olympics. Chapman is a speed skater. He participated in the Special Olympics Winter Games in and around Edmonton, including Leduc Feb. 11-13.

The Barrhead Flyers are Zone 3 champions. On Feb. 17, the Wabamun Wildcats paid a visit to the Barrhead Agrena for Game 2 of their provincial playdown series against the Flyers. The Flyers took Game 1 in Wabamun, 4-3.

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.