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The St. Mary Sharks weren’t perfect, but the girls managed to score a bronze medal, while the boys earned a spot in the semifinals, but lost out to finish fourth Sixteen teams from eight schools converged on the Rotary Spirit Centre Fieldhouse Oct.

The Westlock Thunderbirds finished off a rebuilding season falling 49-13 to the Cold Lake Royals Oct. 25.

It was a tough weekend for the Barrhead Bombers. On the weekend of Oct. 26 and 27, the Bombers lost a pair of home games at the Barrhead Agrena extending their losing streak to three games.

Andreea Resmerita – Leader Staff Thunderbirds end the football season with a loss but plenty of lessons learned and a stronger roster for next year despite uncertainty about which league they will belong to.

Lessons learned during the course of a winless season paid off well for the Westlock Thunderbirds last weekend as the last place team in the league took its place in the spotlight, defeating the Wainwright Commandos 39-6 in their first playoff game o

There’s nothing quite like dominating the competition on your home court, but that’s exactly what the R.F Staples junior varsity girls did last weekend as they hosted the R.F. Staples JV Invitational last weekend.

Chris Zwick – Leader Staff Lessons learned during the course of a winless season paid off well for the Westlock Thunderbirds last weekend as the last-place team in the league took its place in the spotlight, defeating the Wainwright Commandos 39-6 in

Kevin Berger – Leader Staff The Onoway girls and Morinville boys were the big winners at the Barrhead Gryphons Senior Jaguars’ Invitational on Saturday, although the Neerlandia Public Christian School (NPCS) Eagles girls and boys were able to net sil

Nathan Brown races for the net with two Devon Barons players on his tail. The Warriors lost Oct. 11 game at the Rotary Spirit Centre 5-4, but recovered the next day with a 4-3 win over the Eckville Eagles.

After an 0-6 Wheatland Football League season, the Westlock Thunderbirds came back from Olds Oct. 11 with their first win of the year in an exhibition game coach Jon Kramer believes set them up well for playoffs.