Local Sports

The full six-page Local Hockey Legends 2013 Stanley Cup Playoffs edition can be found in this week’s issue of the Journal.

Rick Swan has been named the new head coach and general manager of the Bonnyville Pontiacs, after signing a three-year deal with the organization on Friday afternoon. Swan spent the 2012 season as an associate coach and assistant GM to Chad Mercier.

The École Mallaig Stingers handball teams both had a successful weekend on the courts in St. Paul at the 2013 Alberta Schools Athletic Association provincial championships this weekend.

Twenty-five students from École du Sommet competed at the Centre Est Championnat de Lutte wrestling tournament and more than half of them earned top three finishes. “I was very pleased at the flow of the day.

After spending the past seven years at the helm of the Bonnyville Jr. A Pontiacs, Chad Mercier officially resigned from the organization this past week, saying the timing was right for both himself and the team to part ways.

April 21 to 27 is National Volunteer Week, which is a week set aside to recognize volunteers’ contributions in communities across Canada.

The Mallaig Stingers handball teams clinched zone championships in Bonnyville on Saturday, with both the boys and girls teams going undefeated to set the stage for provincials, which will be hosted by Ecole Mallaig School at Glen Avon and St.

Chad Mercier has decided to leave his position as the Bonnyville Jr. A Pontiacs head coach and general manager, after seven years with the team.

It was only a few weeks ago that Two Hills’ bull rider Dace Chisan took a scary spill at Bull-A-Rama in St.

The St. Paul Junior B Canadiens held a year-end banquet and awards ceremony on Saturday evening at the Elks Hall, and there was plenty of optimism in the air for the future of the franchise.