Local Sports

The Barracudas Swim Club held its annual swim-a-thon on Jan. 27 in St. Paul, with young swimmers kicking and crawling their way through as many laps as possible during the two-hour timespan.

Some of the area’s youngest curlers took to the pebbled ice in St. Paul on Feb. 1 for the annual Junior Curling Bonspiel.

A unique shooting gallery - made up of overgrown mosquitos, dinosaurs, and even the occasional skunk - adorned the St. Paul Ag Corral over the weekend, with eager archers attempting to pierce their arrows through the centre of each one.

Local hockey product Marc Dubeau is working through another milestone as he plays out his last season of Junior A hockey for the Kindersley Klippers of the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League. Dubeau spoke with the Journal on Jan.

The St. Paul Novice 2 Canadiens hosted a home-ice tournament over the weekend, and skated away with a set of silver medals to add to their collections.

Mallaig hosted a Jr. SPAA basketball doubleheader on Jan. 22, with two teams from Kihew Asiniy heading to town for the matchup. The girls were first to take the court, with the home team Stingers amassing a slim 18-14 lead by halftime.

Former Pontiac Wyatt Noskey scored in the shootout to lead the visiting Drumheller Dragons to a 3-2-comeback victory over the Bonnyville Jr. A Pontiacs on Sunday afternoon. Although they lost, it wasn't due to a lack of effort.

A pair of weekend victories over the Lloydminster Border Kings and Big Valley Oil Kings has extended the Bonnyville Sr. Pontiacs winning streak to 11 games. “There is a lot of confidence in (our dressing) room that is for sure.

An offensive explosion saw the Bonnyville Jr. A Pontiacs notch three goals in the first three minutes of the third period en route to a 6-3 win over the division rival Fort McMurray Oil Barons on Saturday night.

Seasonably warm temperatures welcomed the fans and competitors to the Straighline Snowmobile Racing Association snowmobile drag races in St. Paul on Jan. 18.