StormThe Grande Prairie Storm will finish the 2024 portion of their schedule with a three game road trip down south.The Storm will visit Calgary Friday, Canmore Saturday, and Calgary again on Sunday. The first two games start at 7 p.m. The Sunday game will start at 2 p.m. The Storm go into the weekend in second place i...

Grande Prairie product Gracyn Sawchyn is the Western Hockey League's Player of the Week.The Edmonton Oil Kings forward recorded four goals and five assists.Sawchyn recorded a pair of four-point games during the week in wins over Swift Current last Saturday and Kamloops Sunday and an assist in a loss to Prince George on...

NPHLThere are two games in the North Peace Hockey League Thursday.Dawson Creek will be in Spirit River and Falher in Fox Creek. Face-off time for both will be 8:30 p.m.SkiingSunday will be the opening day at Fairview Ski Hill. Hours will be 11-5.Nitehawk is open Thursday night from 5:30 to 9:30. The Tube Zone will be c...

Many local leagues were in action on the ice this weekend. The Grande Prairie Storm lost both home games, but players that were away faired better...Bringing home bronzeTwo Grande Prairie Storm players were in Camrose this weekend for the 2024 Junior A World Challenge.Matthew Gillard and Max Algajer were selected for T...

The Storm dropped their final home game of the 2024 part of their schedule Friday night, losing 4-2 to Canmore.Logan Cunningham and Tomis Marinkovic had the Storm goals. The announced attendance was 1604.The loss also dropped the Storm into second place in the North Division, as Whitecourt beat the Thunder 5-2 in Drayt...

A 16-year-old Grande Prairie Piranhas swimmer has recorded a very respectable showing at the World Short Course Swimming Championships taking place in Budapest, Hungary.Oliver Dawson finished eighth in his 200-metre breaststroke heat, putting him 21st overall. Dawson's time of 2:07.62 left him 4.55 seconds back of the ...

StormStorm are home to Canmore Friday. Face-off will be at 7 p.m. The Storm are still tied with Whitecourt for first place in the North Division. Both teams have 38 points, but Grande Prairie has one game in hand.The Wolverines will visit Drayton Valley Friday and host Canmore on Saturday.Junior A ChallengeStorm player...

A Grande Prairie speed skater will be in his first long track national competition this weekend in Fort St. John. Derian Boechler will be among those taking part in the 2024 Canadian Neo-Junior and Junior Long Track Championships. The competition starts today and will run through Sunday.It is for athletes aged 14 to 17...

The 2025 Alberta roster for the National Aboriginal Hockey Championship in Kamloops has been released. Grady Clarkson will be the lone player representing the Peace region; He currently plays for the Grande Prairie U18 AAA Storm and has four points this season.Each province and territory will send a team to Kamloops fr...

NPHLThere are three games in the North Peace Hockey League Thursday night.Grande Prairie will be in Dawson Creek, High Prairie in Falher and Spirit River in Fort St. John. All three games start at 8:30 p.m.World Junior A ChallengeThe round-robin concludes Thursday at the World Junior A Hockey Challenge in Camrose.Canad...

Thanks to a pair of game-winning goals this past weekend, Grande Prairie Storm rookie Chayse Laurie has been awarded the AJHL's Player of the Week award.Over the two-game homestand with Drayton Valley, Laurie totalled seven points, including three goals, and was the late-game third-period hero both nights as teh Storm ...

The World Aquatics Swimming Championships for short course pools starts Tuesday in Budapest, Hungary and a Grande Prairie Piranhas swimmer will be part of Team Canada.Oliver Dawson was one of two rookies named to the team in September. Dawson will compete in the heats for the men's 200 metre breaststroke on Friday. At ...

Canada West will play Sweden Monday night in its first game at the Wold Junior A Challenge in Camrose.Storm players Max Algajer and Matthew Gillard are with the Canada West squad.Canada West will also play Canada East Tuesday and the U.S. Thursday. All three games will start at 7:30 p.m.Canada East and the U.S. will pl...

StormThe Storm have two home games this weekend.They will host home to Drayton Valley Friday and Saturday. Face-off will be at 7 p.m. both nights.The Storm are tied with Whitecourt for first in the North Division with 34 points. Grande Prairie does have a game in hand.Whitecourt is home to Lloydminster Friday and Satur...

Two Grande Prairie Storm players will represent western Canada in the 2024 World Junior A Challenge.Storm defencemen Matthew Gillard was named to the roster, shortly after claiming the AJHL's Player of the Week award.He will be joined by Storm rookie forward Max Algajer, who is currently third in Storm scoring with 21 ...

NPHLThere is one game in the North Peace Hockey League Thursday night.Fort St. John is in Spirit River for an 8:30 p.m. face-off at the MacLean Rec Centre. The Rangers are second in the West Division with nine points and a record of 4-3-1.The Flyers are in last in the West Division and winless in eight games.NWJHLThere...

Two Grande Prairie Storm defencemen were given AJHL top honours this past week.Matthew Gillard was selected as the AJHL's Top Player of the Week, (November 25 - December 1) as he had the most points in the league for that span; tallying four assists over their two road losses.Storm Captain Logan Cunnigham was also sele...

NitehawkSaturday is opening day at Nitehawk. The hill is open Saturday and Sunday from 11:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. The Tube Zone is open from 12:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m. and 2:30 p.m.to 4:30 p.m. both days.StormThe Storm are on the road for two games this weekend.Grande Prairie is in Lloydminster Friday and Bonnyville Saturday. Both...

Three Storm players have been invited to a selection camp for a Hockey Canada event. Defenceman Cash Ganske and Matthew Gillard, along with forward Max Algajer will try out for Team West that will play at the 2024 World Junior A Challenge. Whitecourt defenceman Xavier Lacoste has also earned an invitation. Head coach S...

There are three games in the North Peace Hockey League Thursday night.Grande Prairie travels to Fox Creek, Falher in High Prairie, and Fort St. John in Dawson Creek.All these games will start at 8:30.NWJHLIn the Northwest Junior Hockey League last night, Beaverlodge edged the visiting County Wheat Kings 3-2.The Blades ...

The U14 ringette team out of La Glace is donning some shiny new hardware following a successful weekend down in Alberta's capital city. The La Glace Ringers played in the Edmonton Silver Ring tournament on the weekend of November 22-24. The tournament consisted of 51 teams and over 700 athletes. The girls won all but o...

St. Joe's wins 3A gold Grande Prairie's St. Joe's Senior Girls volleyball team came home from Ponoka this past weekend without losing a game. The Sr. Girls are the 2024 3A Volleyball Provincial Champions after beating Cochrane in the championship game on Saturday in three sets (19-25, 25-23, 15-5). Beaverlodge brings h...

The Grande Prairie Storm got back to their winning ways Saturday night with a 5-1 road win in Devon.The Storm scored five unanswered goals after falling behind 1-0 19 seconds into the game.Will Harris and Max Algajer each had a pair of goals for Grande Prairie, with the other marker coming off the stick of Roghan Walke...

The final day of the Alberta Bowl at Grande Prairie's CKC Field on Saturday, November 23 saw three titles handed out, including one at the expense of a hometown team.4AThe Holy Trinity Academy Knights from Okotoks beat Grande Prairie's St. Joe's Celtics 49-9 in the 4A final Saturday afternoon.Seth Poelzer had four touc...

One game went to overtime while another saw 150 points scored on the first day of the Alberta Bowl high school football championships being played at CKC Field.The Peace River Pioneers downed the Ponoka Broncos 19-18 in overtime to win the first-ever 9-a-side Alberta championship.Ponoka had led 15-0 into the third quar...

Besides the Alberta Bowl high school football championship games this weekend, there is a long list of other sports going on as well.StormThe Grande Prairie Storm gear up for another weekend of action sitting tied for first in the AJHL, and the North Division, with the Whitecourt Wolverines with 32 points.This weekend ...

Five Alberta high school football champions are being decided at CKC Field this weekend. Grande Prairie will host the Alberta Bowl Friday and Saturday.Football Alberta Executive Director Tim Enger says the Board of the Alberta Schools Athletic Association decided a long time ago to move the Alberta Bowl around the prov...

A bunch of high school volleyball teams from the Peace are at provincials this week.The Charles Spencer boy's and girl's teams are in Lethbridge for the 4A championships. The Mavericks boys are seeded eighth while the girls are ranked number 12. The St. Joe's girl's team is at 3A provincials in Ponoka, where they are t...