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It took over five periods of hockey, but game three finally finished, with the Bonnyville Jr. A Pontiacs on top.

The series is tied 1-1 after the Pontiacs took the Fort McMurray Oil Barons 3-2 last night. The venue will now shift to Bonnyville's R.J. Lalonde Arena for game three Wednesday. The Bonnyville Jr.

With a district championship on the line this weekend, it was the girls and boys teams from Dr. Brosseau School coming through for their school and taking home the championships.

There is a fine line in hockey between winning and losing and the Bonnyville Jr. A Pontiacs walked that line all night in game one against the Fort McMurray Oil Barons.

The St. Paul Canadiens peewee “A” team took second place in the Group A final game against the visiting Marwayne Sled Dogs by a score of 6 – 4, during the recent St. Paul Minor Hockey Association peewee “A” tournament this weekend.

The St. Paul Regional Saints senior girls basketball team walked away with a hard-fought, 52 – 39 victory against their opponents, the Glendon Marquise, during the St. Paul Athletics Association (SPAA) senior girls’ basketball finals last Wednesday.

The Bonnyville Pontiacs will be “as healthy as we've been all year” heading into the second-round playoff series against the Fort McMurray Oil Barons, says Pontiacs coach and general manager Chad Mercier.

It was a stellar year for the St. Paul Bengals and no less stellar a year for the team’s first-time head coach, Seth Henderson, who worked his boys hard and all the way up the ranks to championship wins and provincial finals.

Temperatures might have been hovering at -30 Celsius on Feb. 20, but that didn't stop droves of snowmobile enthusiasts from showing up at Lac Bellevue Hall to take part in the 2011 St. Paul Trailblazers' snowmobile rally.

Jim Vinge was a strong supporter of Elk Point Minor Hockey and the A. G. Ross Arena.