Local Sports

The head coach of the St. Paul Bengals is really proud of his team for its outstanding season this year, even though the home team ended its season with a provincial finals loss against the Calgary Colts on Saturday afternoon in Calgary.

Last week, junior and high school volleyball teams from schools in the St. Paul Athletic Association descended on St. Paul Regional High School, Racette School, and École du Sommet for the annual SPAA Senior and Junior High Volleyball championships.

Bonnyville Centralized High School's boys and girls teams traveled to St. Paul Saturday for the 3A zone championships. The senior boys team had a great tournament, winning the zone, beating Lac La Biche in the final.

The Bonnyville Jr. A Pontiacs got some big performances from a few key players this week, translating to two shutout wins and a shootout loss. After suffering a heartbreaking loss to St. Albert in overtime Nov.

The Notre Dame senior girls team travelled to Cold Lake's Assumption Jr./Sr. High on the weekend to compete in the zone championships.

Herbert Erickson was nine years old when he drew his first arrow on his parents’ property just 3 miles North of Elinor Lake.

Volleyball zones action took place across several area communities, including St. Paul, on Nov. 19 and 20 with local teams putting in good showings and at least two local teams next heading off to provincials in Taber.

“They didn’t come ready to play,” was how Portage College Voyageurs hockey team head coach Terry Ewasiuk summed up Friday night’s game in Lac La Biche against the NAIT Ooks.

The season is over and the equipment has been turned in for the winter. The Bonnyville Bandits' off-season has begun and with that comes reflection of a season past.

They were in line to win back-to-back games at home, but with one minute remaining in the game Saturday night, the Bonnyville Pontiacs “stood around” as their opponents claimed the victory, according to head coach and GM Chad Mercier.