Local Sports

It was a night of sparring, high kicks and self-defense moves as Lac La Biche Premier Martial Arts taekwondo students tested for their belts last Wednesday night at the Bold Center.

After finishing the regular season in first and winning the team's first ever league championship, the Cold Lake Ice suffered its first disappointing stretch of the season at the Junior B provincial championships this past weekend in Leduc.

After not being drafted following his second year of bantam, Locke Muller's path to the Western Hockey League (WHL) has not been an easy one. Muller, 17, spent his childhood in St. Paul and grew up playing hockey for the St. Paul Canadiens.

It was a successful season for his team, but a tough way to end it, said Midget AA Northeast Panthers head coach Mike Pasichnuk. The Panthers lost all four games at this year's provincial championships, which were held in Taber March 24-27.

Forty-four teams competed at the men's and ladies combined curling bonspiel at a packed St. Paul curling rink between March 18-20.

With only two years of wrestling competitions under his belt, Pla­mon­don amateur wrestler Konan Egoroff has earned a spot at the National Wrestling Champ­­ionships in Essex, Ontario.

The celebrating started on the ice, continued into the dressing room, then onto the bus and did not stop until the team reached Bonnyville. Players and coaches of the Cold Lake Jr.

Swimming for two straight hours or completing 200 laps is challenging for the best of us. But members of the Bonnyville Requins swim club were up for the challenge at this year's swim-a-thon.

A curling bonspiel held at Lac La Biche’s Bold Center offered restless and young-at-heart seniors two days of exercise and fun.

Although he knew the 2010-11 hockey season was bound to be a good one for the Mallaig Midgets, head coach Jay St. Arnault admits he was rather surprised to see the team have such an amazing season.