1st place HP closes with 2 wins
It was a fitting ending to a terrific season for the High Prairie! High Prairie won at Sexsmith 8-7 on March 15 and 4-1 at home against Smoky River March 16 to end the season in first place with a…
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Peace River ends season with winning record
Channing Beauregard and Hunter Cartwright-Friesen each scored hat tricks to lead visiting Peace River to a 10-6 win at Ridgevalley March 15 to ensure they ended their season with a winning record. Peace River entered the game at 7-7 in…
PEACE CLUB CURLING CHAMPIONSHIP
A men’s curling team from the High Prairie Curling Association won the Peace Zone Curling Club Championship on March 8 in High Prairie. Left-right, are skip Jim Zabolotniuk, third Brent Kushner, second Jessie Smith and lead Chris Marx. The Curling…
BERNIE POLOZ MEMORIAL BONSPIEL (HIGH PRAIRIE)
The Bernie Poloz Memorial Open Bonspiel was held on March 14-15 at the High Prairie Curling Club. Sixteen teams competed in the bonspiel named after a long-time club member who organized and won the bonspiel over 20 times. David Marx’s…
Pirates win 4th NPHL championship
Chris CleggSouth Peace News After years of having their hearts broken, the Falher Pirates are celebrating their fourth NPHL title! The Pirates shutout the arch-rival Manning Comets 5-0 March 22 to win the best-of-seven final series 4-2. Remarkably, in the…
Smoky River ends tied for first
Smoky River has finished in a first place tie with Manning in the All Peace Minor Hockey League Under 11 Tier 3 Division this season. Manning defeated visiting Grovedale 4-3 on March 15 in the season finale. Manning and Smoky…
Sasakamoose Cup starts March 21
Richard FroeseSouth Peace News More than one dozen teams from regions across northern Alberta will compete in the second annual Starr Sasakamoose SS Cup Hockey Tournament in High Prairie from March 21-23. About 15 teams in three divisions will compete,…
Pirates 2 wins away from 4th title
Chris CleggSouth Peace News The tide has turned in the NPHL Final as the Falher Pirates attempt to win their fourth NPHL championship. The Pirates scored a huge come-from behind 6-4 win in Game 3 of the series at Manning…
Pirates blanked in NPHL Finals opener
Chris CleggSouth Peace News One game certainly does not make a series but the Falher Pirates will have to find a way to solve Manning Comets’ goaltender Braden Gamble. Gamble was spectacular in stopping all 49 shots fired his way…
Stampeders planning bid to rejoin NPHL
Chris CleggSouth Peace News Interest in joining the NPHL for the coming season has surfaced from Peace River. Chad Burns would like to resurrect the Peace River Stampeders franchise and is working on application for the NPHL’s spring meeting. Burns…
High Prairie School Division crowns junior hoops champs
Two teams from High Prairie captured junior high school basketball championships at the High Prairie School Division final tournament March 1 in High Prairie. The Prairie River Raiders won the boy’s title when they defeated the Kinuso Knights 48-22 in…
High Prairie offence goes dry in loss
High Prairie’s offence went AWOL in a 5-0 loss to Beaverlodge on Feb. 15 in All Peace Minor Hockey League Under 18 Female Division action. High Prairie, which has only one win in 13 games, was competitive against second place…
Valleyview outguns High Prairie
The All Peace Minor Hockey League Under 18 Tier 3 Division’s leading scoring team showed no mercy on High Prairie Feb. 15. Valleyview crushed High Prairie 11-2 to hand the visiting team their eleventh loss in 16 games while Valleyview…
Momentum goes south for Peace River
A recent string of positive results ground to a halt for Peace River in All Peace Minor Hockey League Under 18 Tier 3 Division play Feb. 14 and Feb. 16 with a pair of losses. Peace River (7-6-1-0 for 15…
High Prairie wins battle for third
Parker Caron and Zennyn Auger each netted hat tricks as High Prairie defeated visiting Chetwynd 8-6 on Feb. 15 in a battle for third place in the All Peace Minor Hockey League Under 15 Tier 3 Northwest Division. Lexyn Callio…