Sports

Stettler’s Panthers won the Central Football League championship beating Lacombe Raiders 20-8 in an exciting game and advanced to the provincial semi-finals to maintain their march to the provincial title.

Hockey is Canada’s undisputed number one national passion and there is no other activity, sport or pastime that can even come close to challenging the position of this beloved addiction.

Stettler Recreation Centre was busy throughout last weekend with lots of minor hockey action, including a 12-team bantam tournament.

Stettler’s peewee football team Panthers ended their season on Saturday after losing 12-0 to Sylvan Lake Bears.

Stettler Cougars hosted the Sylvan Lake Lions in one of the two Central Football League semi-final games over the weekend and overpowered their opponents 74-6.

Stettler Lightning suffered a 5-3 loss on home ice to Blackfalds Wranglers last Friday, Oct. 30 in a game that the home team did not look totally prepared for.

Last week was one of ups and downs for all Stettler volleyball teams. Both senior girl and senior boy Wildcats lost to Notre Dame Cougars last week in three straight sets, but both teams had some success in the weekend tournaments they took part.

Wm. E. Hay junior girls’ volleyball team returned with bronze medals from an intensive and exhausting weekend tournament in Caroline with the coach expressing great satisfaction with the team’s performance.

On Saturday, the Cougars hosted the Hunting Hills Lightning in the first round of the Central Football League playoffs. The Lightning roster was hard hit by the flu bug and were only able to dress 19 of their 30 players.

Stettler Lightning played only one of their scheduled games over the weekend when they declined to take to the ice last Friday as it became clear that a few of the Mountain View players had caught H1N1 flu.