Local Sports

St. Paul Minor Ball was awarded with the Alberta Baseball Small Association of the Year Award on Nov. 2, and President Rick Austin said it is a sentiment of the organization’s effort to bring a better product to the local diamonds.

The St. Paul Canadiens picked up a 4-1 victory over the Vegreville Rangers on Saturday at the Clancy Richard Arena.

The St. Paul Lions completed one of the toughest tasks in all of sports on Saturday, claiming back-to-back Wheatland Football League championships with a 47-17 victory over the Lloydminster Holy Rosary Raiders.

Fight and you are gone. That is the new rule the Canadian Junior Hockey League (CJHL) board of directors has “overwhelmingly voted to support” according to a league-wide press release send out on Oct. 24.

The Bonnyville Jr. A Pontiacs have dropped to two games below .500 after losing 6-4 to the Whitecourt Wolverines and 4-2 to the Drayton Valley Thunder on the weekend.

The St. Paul Lions punched their ticket to the big game with a 22-0 victory over the Lloydminster Barons in St. Paul on Saturday.

St. Lina’s Mark Dubeau was recently traded from the Bonnyville Pontiacs to the Kindersley Klippers of the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League, and the 19-year-old said he is openly embracing his role as a Klipper.

The Bonnyville Jr. A Pontiacs split a pair of home games this weekend beating the Camrose Kodiaks 4-1 and falling to the Drumheller Dragons 5-3 at the RJ Lalonde Arena.

The Saddle Lake Warriors (4-3-0) exacted revenge on the St. Paul Canadiens (2-3-0) in an 11-3 victory at Manitou Kehiw Arena on Satruday night.

The season is over for the St. Paul Bengals. After fighting back into playoff contention, the Bengals fell just short in a 44-6 loss to the Lloydminster Chargers at home on Saturday.