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Despite losing four of its last five games and being outscored 24-12 during that stretch, the Bonnyville Jr. A Pontiacs hope to have turned things around after pulling out a dramatic comeback victory in a shootout over the Eagles Sunday in Canmore.

The St. Paul Lions earned a berth in the Wheatland Football League championship game and boosted their provincial ranking to third when they defeated the Lloydminster Holy Rosary Raiders, 61-34, on Saturday afternoon.

The Alberta Schools’ Athletic Association held its provincial cross-country championships in Red Deer last weekend, with Ecole Mallaig School picking up its sixth banner in as many years. Ecole Mallaig School registered 1,020.

The Portage College Voyageurs won Thursday night's hockey game against the Grant MacEwan 4-2 at the Bold Center. Game two in the home-and-home series goes Saturday in Edmonton. Check our Coach Terry Ewasiuk's comments in the POST's new series of interviews POST GAME with Andrew Whitson.

The crowd was there, the people were hyped up, the brand new building was open for business and hockey was finally being played on Cold Lake's newest ice surface.

With just one lopsided loss over the weekend the Bonnyville Jr. A Pontiacs dropped from first to third in the AJHL's North Division standings. The Pontiacs came out flat in front of a 672-person crowd at the R.J.

Lac La Biche's Dr. Swift Middle School welcomed the region at its 2012 invitational vollebyall tournament held over the Oct. 20 weekend. Schools from across the region participated. Check this week's Lac La BIche POST for the results. VIDEO: Andrew Whitson/LLB POST

The local football phenom known as Jason Jubinville has rewritten the Lions’ record book this season, but it wasn’t too long ago that he was caught in a downward spiral of borderline alcoholism and drug use and none of it seemed possible.

The St. Paul Bengals laid waste to the Lloydminster Chargers on Saturday in a 39-12 victory that saw running back Liam Krys take to the end zone for all five of the Bengals’ touchdowns.

The Bonnyville Jr. A Pontiacs picked up three of a possible four points this past weekend, staying atop the AJHL's North Division, as teams pass the quarter point in the regular season.