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If you sat too close, you might end up with grit in your teeth, and dust in your eyes, but that was nothing compared to the physical trauma that some bull riders would experience as they were thrown from some of the most rank bulls in North America.

The St. Paul Seniors Curling Club ended its 2014-15 season on the highest of notes this past Wednesday, by opting to spend time honouring two men synonymous with the community’s curling scene. Paul E.

Championship dreams have come true for the Kikino Red Army midget-level minor hockey team. The squad defeated the Provost Blades in a tense nail-biter to claim first place in the Tier II A division last weekend.

It was a tough way to end the season for the Lac La Biche Peewee A Clippers, falling 8-1 in a do or die game against the Okotoks Oilers at the provincial championships at the Bold Center on Saturday.

The Cold Lake Ice have a new name in the net for their final playoff series against the Wainwright Bisons. The first two games of the series came on Friday, Mar. 13 and Sunday, Mar.

After splitting a pair of games in Tofield, the Bonnyville Sr. Pontiacs are poised to win their first ever Battle River Hockey League title on home ice.

Emotions ran high at the Mallaig School gym on Tuesday afternoon, as two senior high boys’ basketball teams went head to head for the 2015 St. Paul Athletics Association (SPAA) championship title.

After picking up a pair of road victories to open the series the Bonnyville Jr. A Pontiacs hold a 2-0 series stranglehold over the Lloydminster Bobcats. Bonnyville edged out Lloydminster in the opening game of the series on Friday night winning 3-2.

The Cold Lake Ice are heading to the finals in the NEAJBHL playoffs after sweeping the series against the Killam Wheat Kings. The Ice headed to Killam's barn with a 2-0 lead, for what would be the final two games of the series.

The Bonnyville Jr. A Pontiacs are moving on to the second round of the AJHL playoffs after sweeping the Drayton Valley Thunder.