Local Sports

The Winter Festival of Speed has cancelled due to poor ice conditions on Lac La Biche, and the entire ice race car season has been put on hold by the governing body.

With the temperature in the positive single digits, and a steady, westerly wind blowing over beautiful hills of backcountry, last Sunday made for a close-to-perfect day for cross-country ski enthusiasts to enjoy the Iron Horse Trail.

The Saddle Lake Warriors Junior B hockey team lost a close overtime game against the Vegreville Rangers last Friday night at Saddle Lake’s Manitou Kihew arena.

It was back-to-back wins for the Portage College Voyageurs hockey team this past weekend against the Augus­tana Vikings, with a 4-3 win tem Friday night in Camrose and a 6-5 overtime win Saturday night at the Bold Center.

The Mallaig Minor Hockey Association hosted the 790 CFCW Critters’ hockey team for a fun night of hockey on Thursday evening to raise funds for the association.

A series of three losses over the weekend, including a loss to the Thorhild Titans, has put playoff contention in a distant view for the St.

The Bonnyville Pontiacs played a strong game against the Brooks Bandits on Saturday, coming just one goal shy of forcing the game into overtime.

The St. Paul Barracudas swam 143.7 kms, almost the distance from St. Paul to Edmonton as the crow flies, at the club’s annual swim-a-thon. Fifty-five swimmers completed 5,794 lengths in two hours at last Thursday afternoon’s event.

Concussions can be devastating and have ended many athletic careers. Two of the most notable names in hockey are Eric Lindros and Keith Primeau, former NHL stars, now sidelined due to what is termed post concussion syndrome.

A volleyball clinic was held at Notre Dame High School Sunday for players from the U16 Lakeland Sharks and some U18 players as well. Coach of the two club teams, Tyler Collins, brought in Dr.