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With a little more than a month to go to the PyeongChang Winter Olympics in South Korea, Barrhead native Melissa Lotholz is confident that she will not only be on the Olympic team, but paired with Kaillie Humphries on Canada’s top women’s bobsleigh c

One of Westlock’s longest running bonspiels took place last weekend at the Servus Curling Centre, with the Hugh Clark rink rising to the top of 32 teams from across the region.

The Westlock Senior ‘AA’ Warriors were in tough last weekend, dropping their first two league games of 2018.

The Pine Valley Gym Centre in Tawatinaw began as a dream to provide a high-performance training centre for gymnasts. Now, close to 10 years later, the facility has evolved to bring recreation opportunities to young amateur gymnasts.

It was an opening weekend filled with silver for St. Mary School’s senior high basketball teams. The Sharks were part of four boys and three girls teams in Hay Lakes Dec. 15-16 for the “Icebreaker Tournament.

R.F. Staples School’s senior girls basketball team managed to score a silver in their season-opening tournament. Both senior squads headed to Hilltop High School in Whitecourt Dec.

Barrhead Minor Hockey Association’s (BMHA) coffers are a bit healthier and hopefully so are some of a number of area families thanks to the association’s latest fundraiser. On Dec.

Barrhead Composite High School’s Jaguars opened their season with a pair of Dec. 13 home games against Neerlandia Public Christian School (NPCS) and Pembina North Community School (PNCS). In the first game the Jaguars faced the NPCS Eagles.

The Barrhead Steelers returned to their winning ways defeating the Athabasca Hawks 1 to 0 at home on Dec. 15. The lone goal of the game was scored by Barrhead’s Rob Geis just short of the eight-minute mark in the first period.

The Westlock Senior ‘AA’ Warriors will head into the Christmas break pondering an 8-2 Dec. 16 road loss to the Eckville Eagles. The defeat leaves the club with a 2-6 record in the North Central Hockey League with four games to go until playoffs.