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The Saddle Lake Warriors (8-19-1) locked up third place in the North Division of the Northeastern Alberta Junior B Hockey League with an 11-4 home victory over the St. Paul Canadiens (3-26-1) last Friday night.

Ninety snowmobile-riding thrill-seekers took to the track just northeast of St. Paul on Saturday afternoon to compete in the Saskatchewan Snowmobile Racing Association’s Choko Pro Racing Series drag racing competition.

The St. Paul Barracudas Swim Club held its annual Swim-A-Thon fundraiser last Thursday afternoon, with kids between the ages of four and 15 taking to the pool to raise money for the Blais family.

St. Paul Regional High School hosted the Comedy in Motion fundraiser on Saturday evening, which saw the Harlem Crowns take to the court against the senior boys basketball team, while the girls team took on the school staff.

The Bonnyville Jr.

The Saddle Lake Warriors continued their dominant streak in the Northeastern Alberta Junior B Hockey League with a 4-2 victory over the Lloydminster Bandits on Friday night.

The better teams won this weekend, as the Bonnyville Jr. A Pontiacs fell flat Friday and Saturday night, losing 4-1 to the Grande Prairie Storm, then dropping a 5-3 contest to the Whitecourt Wolverines the next night.

Dust off that jersey and start up the fantasy leagues, hockey is back! Canada had a less than stellar performance at this year’s World Junior Ice Hockey Championship, falling 6-5 to Russia in overtime of the bronze medal game on Saturday.

The Saddle Lake Warriors (5-16-1) extended their lead on the St. Paul Canadiens (3-21-1) to four points, defeating them by 6-3 on home ice Saturday evening. After 10 minutes of defensively driven play, St.

Bonnyville Jr. A Pontiacs fans were getting restless. The Pontiacs played only two games at home during the entire month of December. Then came the two-week-long hockey-free holiday break.