Local Sports

St. Mary School’s senior girls basketball team are off to a solid start claiming a silver medal at the season-opening Ice Breaker tournament in Hay Lakes Dec. 14-15.

The Midget Warriors posted a 1-2 week, playing three games in four days from Dec. 15 to 18. After caging the Athabasca Hawks in a 8-3 blowout Dec. 15, the Warriors lost 7-1 in Drayton Valley the next day before returning to home ice Dec.

The Barrhead Composite High School (BCHS) Junior Varsity girls basketball team scored a silver medal at their second tournament of the year in Hinton over the Dec. 15-16 weekend.

Grit, determination and a last-minute goal helped the senior ‘AA’ Warriors snap their two-game losing streak. Following their 3-2 victory over the Morinville Kings at the Rotary Spirit Centre Dec.

An eager crowd of 120 skiers and snowboarders took to the slopes for Tawatinaw Valley Ski Hill's opening day, Dec. 15.

Timely goaltending along with strong special teams catapulted the Barrhead Steelers past their Battle River Knights opponents 5-2 in a physical affair at home Dec. 14.

It is all up to Mother Nature. That is what Misty Ridge Ski Hill society Matt Swan said after the board’s Dec. 13 board meeting when asked if the ski hill will be able to open before Christmas.

The midget Warriors may have lost the battle last weekend, but the war that is the Northern Alberta Interlock League season is far from over. The Wetaskiwin Kings came to town Dec.

The R.F. Staples senior boys basketball team came home with some hardware after a hard-fought tournament Dec. 7-8 in Edson.

The Barrhead Midget 1 Steelers added a pair of victories to their undefeated streak over the weekend, hosting Drayton Valley on Friday night for a 7-2 victory and then defeating Battle River 3-2 in an away game on Saturday.