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Chris CleggSouth Peace News The NPHL Semi-Final between the Falher Pirates and Dawson Creek Canucks is down to a best-of-five. The Canucks evened the best-of-seven series at one game apiece after a 5-1 win at Falher Feb. 23. The Pirates…
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It was winner take all battle for first place at the High Prairie Sports Palace Feb. 9 when High Prairie hosted Smoky River, and the home team came away with a 7-2 win. Kayle Young scored a hat trick to…
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Jacob Hesse and Bentley Willier each scored twice to lead High Prairie to an 8-5 win over Grande Cache in All Peace Minor Hockey League play at the Gordon Buchanan Recreation Centre Feb. 8. Kayle Young, Maliki Anderson-Lamouche, Zennyn Auger…
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It looks like High Prairie is locked into third place in the All Peace Minor Hockey League Under 13 Tier 5-6 Division standings after a split on the Feb. 8-9 weekend. High Prairie fell to second place Valleyview 8-5 at…
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Chris CleggSouth Peace News Only one win separates the Falher Pirates from advancing to the NPHL semifinal against the Dawson Creek Canucks. The Pirates defeated the hometown Fox Creek Knights 5-4 Feb. 15 to take a 3-1 lead in best-of-seven…
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Chris CleggSouth Peace News In the 70-plus year history of the NPHL, teams have had to battle Flames, tame Huskies and Cubs and Mustangs, hunt Elks, deal with Pirates, watch from the heavens for Thunder and Comets and Eagles, and…
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Barran Van Polen scored five goals to lead Sexsmith to a 9-2 win over High Prairie in All Peace Minor Hockey League Under 18 Tier 3 Northeast Division play Jan. 25. August Stewart, Beau Van Polen, Hayden King and Triston…
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Peace River found itself on both ends of lopsided scores in All Peace Minor Hockey League Under 18 Tier 3 Northeast play the Jan. 25-26 weekend. Peace River hammered High Level NBC 14-4 on Jan. 25 before losing 7-2 to…
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Kayden Van de Ligt scored twice to lead Smoky River to a 5-2 win over hometown Fox Creek in All Peace Minor Hockey League Under 13 Tier 4 Division play Jan. 25. Braden Dumont, Logan Guilbault and Xavier Maisonneuve also…
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Chris CleggSouth Peace News At least five years will have passed the next time the Treaty 8 First Nations Cup is held in High Prairie. Organizers have announced the tournament, which brings hundreds of thousands of dollars in economic activity…
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Smoky River split a pair of close games the Jan. 25-26 weekend by first losing 6-5 at Grovedale Jan. 25 before winning at home 8-6 over Beaverlodge Jan. 26. Grovedale led 1-0 after one period, 3-1 after two and 5-1…
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Regals to face Jets in NPHL playoffs

Chris CleggSouth Peace News Bring on the playoffs! The High Prairie Regals can atone for a miserable NPHL regular season that started yesterday (Feb. 4) when they opened their best-of-three playoff series versus the Valleyview Jets. The East Division last…
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Emily PlihalLocal Journalism Initiative Reporter Smoky River Manatees Swim Club will be hosting its annual general meeting at Ecole Heritage on March 6 at 6:30 p.m., welcoming all new children to come check out their club. “As an association, we…
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Chris CleggSouth Peace News If there was an award for inventing ways to lose hockey games, the High Prairie Regals would be strong contenders. Twice last week, the Regals scored first and held leads only to lose as they saw…
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