Local Sports

The Barrhead Composite High School junior varsity boys and girls volleyball teams went to Hinton this past weekend shopping for some new wallpaper to decorate the hallowed walls of their gym and returned with two new North Central Zone Championship b

In a hard fought, gritty effort against the first-place Onoway Ice Dogs of the North Central Hockey League (NCHL) on Friday night, the Athabasca Aces left town with a tough 7-5 loss.

Brent Webster has been hunting since he was a young boy at the tender age of eight, where he started by shooting gofers near his hometown of Indus, Alta.

The 2010 Edwin Parr Composite (EPC) Pacers officially ended their season with their annual wrap-up party, featuring a touch football game on the snowy EPC field before the dinner and thank-you presentations to end the evening.

Like the Athabasca midget ‘A’ Winterhawks, the bantam ‘AA’ Hawks’ bench has plenty of room for its skaters this season.

Although it was a gloomy and dark day outside on Sunday, it was a different story inside the Athabasca Regional Multiplex after a thrilling 5-4 overtime win for the Athabasca Aces over the Slave Lake Winterhawks.

For six of the Edwin Parr Composite (EPC) Pacers, this Friday night’s exhibition game at home against Vegreville will be the last game of their high school football careers.

It wasn’t exactly the start to the season the Athabasca Aces were looking for.

Football is a game of inches, and the Edwin Parr Composite School Pacers were taught exactly why that is Thursday night in a tough 28-14 loss to the Westlock T-Birds.

The Athabasca Aces are gearing up for their first game of the season this Saturday night against the Slave Lake Winterhawks, looking to get off to a fast start in their third season in the North Central Hockey League (NCHL).