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The U11 AA Wheatland Hawks came home empty-handed following the Hockey Alberta Provincial Championship over the weekend.

The tournament took place at the Strathmore Family Centre and featured eight teams from across the province.

On Thursday, Mar. 27, the Hawks played their first game against the Red Deer Chiefs. The Hawks were defeated 11-1. 

Canada took its first loss at the BKT World Men’s Curling Championship on Monday afternoon at the Temple Gardens Centre, losing to Scotland.

Down by two with the last rock coming home, skip Brad Jacobs made a highlight-reel shot to force an extra end, but Scotland came out on top 6-5.

“Flip the hammer—that was kind of the goal at the fifth-end break, to have the hammer back with the peel game. We did that, and we were obviously trying to score our two,” said Scottish skip Bruce Mouat.

An incident involving the U18 Wawota Flyers has drawn public scrutiny after photos surfaced on social media earlier this month showing players in a dressing room with alcohol. One of the images included a caption deemed extremely offensive, leading to multiple suspensions at both the league and provincial levels.

There will be another banner hanging up at the Hylife Centre in La Broquerie as the Habs U15B team captured the championship. 

For the first time in nearly a decade, U18 hockey is returning to MacGregor. Brett Davey, President of the MacGregor Minor Hockey Association, made the announcement on Facebook a while ago, and the organizers are now waiting to find out what league the team will be playing in.

Davey outlines why they are coming back now.

The senior hockey season is officially over after a few provincial banners were handed out over the weekend.

The U15 "A" Western Prairie Thunderbolts won 5-4 over the Moose Jaw Mavericks on Saturday night to take home the SFHL provincial championship for the league. 

The Thunderbolts used a big second period in Saturday's winner-take-all Game 3. After the game started off fast with a 2-2 score after one, Thunderbolt goals from Emersyn Brown, Chloe Dean, and Alena Scholer had the Western Prairie team up 5-2 after two. Moose Jaw would get on the board two more times, but the final goal was too late as the Thunderbolts rushed the ice to celebrate with zeros on the clock.

It's been a hot start for Team Canada at the BKT World Men's Curling Championship at the Temple Gardens Centre.

Canada defeated South Korea 9-3 in the afternoon draw Sunday to move to 3-0 to remain atop the standings.

Canada opened with the hammer. Jacobs drew to the side of the button for three to start the game. In the second, Canada forced Korea to draw for their single point.

After Korean skip Hyojun Kim came up light on his last rock, Jacobs drew a piece of the button for two to give Canada a 5-1 lead after three ends.

An Estevan team won big over the weekend as the U13 A Estevan Bearcats took home the banner and became provincial champions.

Originally, their opponents, the Martensville Marauders, held a leg up on the series with a win earlier in the month.

In game 2 of the series, the Bearcats beat the Marauders 4-3 to tie the series and bring the two to a winner-takes-all mini-game.

That game was set for ten minutes, with the Bearcats winning it 1-0 and securing the championship.

The Estevan Curling Club has finished operations for their 2024-25 season, with a few events to wrap down the year. That was finalised on March 25th, when the ice was removed with just a few cleanups left.

President Pauline Ziehl-Grimsrud says that the year was great for seeing some new people come and play curling.