Sports

Stettler minor hockey teams started their round-robin games over the weekend with both coaches and players trying to discover their strong and weak points before the regular league games get under way.

League playoffs have wrapped up for both ladies and men. Ladies’ night will remain as Tuesdays and Men’s as Wednesdays, just will not track for any league stats. Ladies’ league and playoff winners are as follows:

Wildcat senior volleyball teams were in action last week bringing home mixed results with all coaches predicting swift improvement in their teams’ performances.

Stettler Lightning confidently overpowered the Ponoka Stampeders in their last pre-season game, paving the way for a smooth beginning for their Heritage Junior B Hockey League title campaign.

Stettler’s bantam football team continued with its spectacular rush to the championship with yet another victory against Sylvan Lake without allowing any points to its opponent: 60-0

Stettler’s senior girl Wildcats returned from a ten-team volleyball tournament at the Concordia High School in Edmonton with silver medals over the weekend, with one of the local girls winning the “most valuable player” title of the whole event.

Stettler Lightning continued to impress their managers and coaches with their performance in the second pre-season hockey game in Ponoka last Saturday overpowering the home side 8-3.

Stettler Panthers suffered a heavy 44-0 defeat at the hands of Lacombe last weekend with head coach Gary Sorenson admitting that the opponent was far superior in terms of size and speed.

William E. Hay Wildcats of Stettler rebounded from losing their first two high school football league games and battled to a 14-14 tie with Lindsay Thurber in Red Deer on Monday night.