Local Sports

A longtime rivalry was reignited on Jan. 15 in St. Paul when the Racette Raiders headed down the street to take on the Glen Avon Panthers in Jr. SPAA basketball action.

The Frog Lake T-Birds travelled to St. Paul on Jan. 16 for a matchup with the Canadiens.

The Bonnyville Pontiacs were quite busy at the AJHL trade deadline adding an experienced, behemoth of a goaltender to the mix.

Steenn Pasichnuk's first career hat-trick provided the Bonnyville Jr. A Pontiacs with all the offense they needed to get past the visiting Drayton Valley Thunder on Sunday afternoon.

The St. Paul Canadiens Novice #1 hockey squad claimed the bronze medal after hosting a seven-team tournament in town from Jan. 3 to 4. The Canadiens’ first game of the weekend had them pitted against the Camrose Vikings.

Two unique matchups took place in St. Paul on Jan. 7 when the Regional High School welcomed Ashmont to town for a basketball doubleheader.

The New Year hasn’ t started well for the Portage College Voyageurs hockey team, as the team dropped their first home-and-home games of 2015 to the Grant MacEwan Griffins.

The Bonnyville Jr. A Pontiacs kicked off the New Year with a bang last weekend, wracking up a pair of impressive victories as the team jumped right back into AJHL action following a short Christmas break.

The St. Paul Canadiens kicked off 2015 on a positive note, picking up two big wins in NEAJBHL action over the weekend.

The St. Paul Jr. B Canadiens have had a bit of a breakout season in 2014, as the team was sitting in third place heading into the NEAJBHL's Christmas break, and closed out the year with a win in Vermilion, followed by a win in Frog Lake. On Dec.