Local Sports

The St. Paul Novice 2 Canadiens hosted a home-ice tournament over the weekend, and skated away with a set of silver medals to add to their collections.

Mallaig hosted a Jr. SPAA basketball doubleheader on Jan. 22, with two teams from Kihew Asiniy heading to town for the matchup. The girls were first to take the court, with the home team Stingers amassing a slim 18-14 lead by halftime.

Former Pontiac Wyatt Noskey scored in the shootout to lead the visiting Drumheller Dragons to a 3-2-comeback victory over the Bonnyville Jr. A Pontiacs on Sunday afternoon. Although they lost, it wasn't due to a lack of effort.

A pair of weekend victories over the Lloydminster Border Kings and Big Valley Oil Kings has extended the Bonnyville Sr. Pontiacs winning streak to 11 games. “There is a lot of confidence in (our dressing) room that is for sure.

An offensive explosion saw the Bonnyville Jr. A Pontiacs notch three goals in the first three minutes of the third period en route to a 6-3 win over the division rival Fort McMurray Oil Barons on Saturday night.

Seasonably warm temperatures welcomed the fans and competitors to the Straighline Snowmobile Racing Association snowmobile drag races in St. Paul on Jan. 18.

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.