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Despite the score, Bandits head coach Dan Jubinville said his defence really stepped up this week. “(Our defence is) coming together…they are seeing and reacting to the ball well.

The Bonnyville Junior A Pontiacs played back to back games at home last weekend. They faced the Sherwood Park Crusaders Saturday night, winning 4-0, with goalie Julien Laplante getting his first shutout of the early season.

The St. Paul Lions lost a hard-fought game against their rivals, the Grand Centre Royals from Cold Lake, last Friday in St. Paul by a score of 11 - 16.

Thirty-six air gun competitors from all over Alberta competed in the annual Eldorado Air Gun competition at the curling rink in St. Paul this past weekend.

The St. Paul Lions lost a hard-fought game against their rivals, the Grand Centre Royals from Cold Lake, last Friday in St. Paul by a score of 11 - 16.

Thirty-six air gun competitors from all over Alberta competed in the annual Eldorado Air Gun competition at the curling rink in St. Paul this past weekend.

Twelve fighters came to Cold Lake on Saturday and six left victorious, in the first of what organizers hope will be many mixed martial events (MMA) to come.

It was a 7 p.m. start at home for the Bonnyville Jr. A Pontiacs' third game of the season Sept. 14. They faced off against the unbeaten St. Albert Steel.

A five kilometre run through St. Paul on a cool and windy Sunday afternoon was no small feat for one local couple, who finished the Sept. 19 Terry Fox Run with David Hinz proclaiming the trek “flipping tough.

The St. Paul Lions won their football game against the Athabasca Pacers at EPC field in Athabasca last Friday in a decisive fashion.