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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.

Tyler Bissett of Stettler came third in the eight km. category in this year’s annual Harvest Run in Red Deer with a time of 29 mins. and 40 secs.

Young and inexperienced or tough and battle-hardened, it did not matter for Stettler’s bantam football team as they sent one of their longtime challengers back home without a single point on their scoresheet: Cougars 48- Lacombe Raiders 0

Stettler Lightning gave a lot of hope to both their coaching team and their fans last weekend when they beat Wetaskiwin’s Icemen 7-2 on home ice on Friday and tied 5-5 in their return game on Sunday.