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Baseball will soon be back in the Peace Region. The Wheatbelt Baseball League has announced their schedule for the regular season. All seven teams in the league (Peace River Stampeders, Grimshaw Huskies, Manning Mets, High Prairie Sauce,

Some basketball action will soon be happening in the peace region. The Mighty Peace Basketball League has released their schedule for the season which will start on May 4. Six teams are taking part, games will happen

A big international sledge hockey tournament will be coming to the Peace Region. Dawson Creek will be hosting the 2025 Para Cup from November 30 to December 6. This event will be the last big international event

Four teams remain in the playoffs in the North Peace Hockey League in the battle for the Campbell Cup as the league champions. The opening round ended up being a short one. Three of the series (Manning

The NWJHL playoffs continue as we’re now into the semi-finals. Four teams remain in the battle for the league championship. In the North-South Division, the La Crete Lumber Barons will face the Beaverlodge Blades. The East-West Division,

The post-season get underway this week in the NWJHL. This past season saw the league split it’s eight clubs into two divisions. The East-West division had the North Peace Navigators, Fairview Flyers, Dawson Creek Kodiaks and Fort

The North Peace Hockey League has completed their regular season, now it’s time for the playoffs. The Manning Comets took home the Lawrence Cup for the best record in the regular season, they had a record of

The NWJHL will have their all-star game taking place on January 19 in Sexsmith. All-Star teams from the two divisions (East/West and North/South) will face each other in the game and the league has announced the rosters

The North Peace Hockey League has released their schedule for the 2024-25 regular season. This season has seen a couple of additions to the league with the Fox Creek Knights added as an expansion team and the

Teams in the NWJHL are getting ready for the start of the season. The North Peace Navigators held their training camp this past weekend at the Baytex Energy Centre while the Fairview Flyers and La Crete Lumber

In NWJHL news, the Fairview Flyers have named a new head coach in Dolan Bjornson. Originally from Hines Creek, Bjornson played for the Flyers between 2014 and 2016, and also won the NWJHL’s Rookie of the Year

Could the Fairview Flyers not be playing in the NWJHL this season? The team has a meeting tonight at 7 PM at the Fairplex Arena, where they’re looking to fill several coaching, front office and volunteer positions.

The Wheatbelt Baseball League has their post-season ready to begin. The regular season saw the Manning Mets and Rycroft Rage finish tied for first place 10-2 records while the Peace River Stampeders and Grande Prairie Brewers were

The AJHL has come out with their schedule for the 2024-25 season. This season will have the return of the North and South Divisions after the league went away from that setup last season. Teams will each

The North Peace Hockey League is getting ready for next season. The league held their AGM where it was decided that the season will start on October 18. There will also be a new team in the

The North Peace Navigators have signed another local product for next season. Defenceman Rylan Rudneski has spent the past three seasons with the U18 Peace River Royals. He played three NWJHL games last season as an AP

After a one year absence, the AJHL is bringing back the North and South divisions. The league announced the restructuring yesterday. The Grande Prairie Storm will be in the North Division along with Whitecourt, Fort McMurray, Bonnyville,

A couple players on the La Crete Lumber Barons will be playing next season at the Junior A level. Defenseman Jacob Paul and forward Jonah Cardinal have commitments for next season with the Yarmouth Mariners of the

The North Peace Navigators have made another local player addition for next season. Graden Vandelight, a defenseman from Spirit River, has been an AP with the Navs during the past three seasons. He’s played seven regular season

A local player was taken in the WHL draft yesterday. Easton Doran from Falher was selected in the ninth round by the Edmonton Oil Kings. Doran spent this past season with the Northern Alberta Xtreme program where

Another local product has signed with the North Peace Navigators in forward Treyton Pacheco. He scored 16 points in 18 games last season with the U18 Royals. He has some previous NWJHL experience, he’s played seven games

The Wheatbelt Baseball League has their schedule now out for the 2024 season. There are now seven teams in the league. The Peace River Stampeders, Grimshaw Huskies, Manning Mets, High Prairie Sauce, Rycroft Rage, Grande Prairie Brewers

The North Peace Navigators have another local player signed for next season. Defenceman Camden McNaughton put up 31 points in 23 games with the U18 Royals this season. McNaughton, who turns 18 next week, also made one

North Peace Navigators have a local player signed for next season in defenceman Tyce Massier. Massier spent most of this past season with the U18 Peace River Royals where he was their captain and scored 21 points

Grimshaw’s Keets Fawcett has moved up in the rankings for prospects for the NHL Draft. NHL Central Scouting has released their final draft rankings and Fawcett at number 138 among North American skaters. The mid-term rankings back

The championship series for the NWJHL will begin this weekend between the Fort St. John Huskies and the La Crete Lumber Barons. These two teams finished first and second in the regular season. After a bye in

The championship series for the North Peace Hockey League will begin this week. The battle for the Campbell Cup will feature the Falher Pirates against the Spirit River Rangers. Falher hasn’t played that many games in the