Local Sports

Family, friends, and former teammates describe former Bonnyville Junior A Pontiac Matt Cook as courageous, always positive and just a great human being.

The St. Paul Canadiens hockey team is sitting at ninth and last place in the North Eastern Alberta Junior B Hockey League, ending its 21st game against the Killam Wheat Kings last Friday in a 18 – 0 loss.

The St. Paul Canadiens Junior B hockey team was handed its last loss of 2010 last Friday against the sixth-placed Killam Wheat Kings in an away game.

There was a lot at stake for the Canadiens when the team took on the bottom-ranked Thorhild Titans in a Dec. 10 match-up.

Girls and boys teams from Bonnyville Centralized High School (BCHS) and Notre Dame High School (NDHS) faced each other in their season openers of the Lakeland Basketball Association Dec. 8 at BCHS.

The Saddle Lake Warriors gave the home crowd something to cheer about in the team’s match against the Vermilion Tigers last Sunday, with a come-from-behind victory that would give the team a mental boost in its final game to close the year.

The Bonnyville Skating Club has almost 40 more registered members than it did in the last two years. The expanded club is very enthusiastic this year, according to head coach Kimberly Buchta, who said, “We have a very eager bunch.

Nitasha ‘Tiger’ Half, a purple belt kick boxer currently staying in Virginia Beach in the U.S., will be offering a six-day introduction to kickboxing course at the Saddle Lake youth centre this month.

Basketball season got underway over the past weekend with local schools hosting tournaments, giving teams the chance to bite into some competition. St. Paul Regional High School hosted its annual Tazmania tourney, which saw sixteen teams participate.

The St. Paul Canadiens Junior B hockey team lost its home game against the sixth-placed Killam Wheat Kings last Saturday evening by a heart-wrenching 12 – 0 score.