Local Sports

A bad first period on Friday night cost the Bonnyville Jr. A Pontiacs a shot at a four-point weekend. Bonnyville came out of the gate slow on Friday at home against the Spruce Grove Saints and were thumped 5-1.

Helmets and cleats were exchanged for dress shirts and ties when the Bengals and Lions met for their annual Appreciation and Awards Night on Dec. 3. The event took place in the gymnasium of the St.

Five days after getting edge out in overtime the Bonnyville Jr. A Pontiacs exacted revenge by beating the Olds Grizzlys in a rematch on Friday night in Bonnyville.

The squeak of running shoes could be heard from the gymnasium at the St. Paul Elementary School on Nov. 25, as some of the area’s youngest basketball players warmed up to play their first ever game.

The St. Paul Canadiens extended their win streak to nine last Friday night, besting the Vermilion Tigers, but the streak snapped the following night with a loss to the league’s top-ranked team, the Wainwright Bisons.

A number of local swimmers, families in tow, braved the cold weather before entering the warm and humid confines of the St. Paul Aquatic Centre on Nov. 26, where the Barracudas Swim Club was hosting the first of its two annual mini-meets.

The annual Town and Country Ladies Funspiel took place at the St. Paul Curling Rink on Nov. 22. The theme of this year’s event was “What I want to be when I grow up,” prompting the curlers to don an array of colourful and creative costumes.

The St. Paul Canadiens Junior B hockey team had another successful weekend, picking up two more wins in NEAJBHL play to increase its winning streak to eight straight. On Friday night it was the Vegreville Rangers who travelled to St.

The Junior SPAA volleyball finals were hosted in St. Paul on Nov. 18, and by the time all the dust had settled, Racette Jr. High had two new banners to hang from the rafters of their gym.

Tyler Kress scored with 29 seconds left in overtime to give the Bonnyville Sr. Pontiacs a 3-2 win over the Big Valley Oil Kings on Saturday night at the RJ Lalonde Arena.