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The Centennial Centre Field House was buzzing Sunday as three Bonnyville soccer squads took home medals at the Lakeland Cup tournament.

The Bonnyville Pontiacs are one win away from advancing in Alberta Junior Hockey League playoffs after a very successful two-game homestand against the pesky Sherwood Park Crusaders to kick off what the Pontiacs hope will be a long and successful pla

The Saddle Lake Warriors Junior B hockey team’s hopes of going to the second round of the NEAJBHL playoffs were dashed by the Lloydminster Bandits in an away game at Lloydminster last Wednesday.

The St. Paul Junior Curling Club had its annual windup bonspiel on Feb. 13 with 12 teams participating – six in the 11 and under category and another six teams in the 14 and under category. Eight of the teams came from St.

The Bonnyville Pontiacs are having arguably the best season in franchise history and the hockey club is being rewarded for with a handful of nominations for this year's Alberta Junior Hockey League Awards.

You can play very well in many sports and still not come out on top as the Northeast Panthers have discovered. “That was the best game we ever lost,” said Northeast Panthers Midget AA head coach Mike Pasichnuk.

A team of Lac La Biche junior curlers enjoyed the hospitality of the Ellerslie community and the host rink at a junior bonspiel over the Feb. 18 weekend. The Ellerslie host rink was even kind enough to help Corey Leach’s rink score an eight-ender.

The Augustana Vikings pillaged the Voyageurs 8-2 on Saturday at the Bold Center in a game that had coach Terry Ewasiuk reflecting on a season marred with loss and had him pining for a bigger team backed by more star players.

The Saddle Lake Warriors lost two of their first-round playoff games against the Lloydminster Bandits over the course of two days.

With impressive shutout victories Friday and Saturday on home ice, the Bonnyville Jr. A Pontiacs have clinched at least third place in the Alberta Junior Hockey League north division, and still have an outside chance at moving up to second.