Sports

The number one ranked University of New Brunswick Varsity Reds lost to the second ranked University of Alberta Golden Bears in the finals of the Canadian Interuniversity Sport men’s hockey finals on March 23.

The indoor soccer season is coming to an end. This winter 39 soccer players practiced and improved their soccer skills every Wednesday at the Ponoka Elementary Gym. It is the second year that Ponoka and District Soccer Association organized indoor soccer and it was a great success.

A year of hard work and dedication has earned the Ponoka Bantam A Moose a trip to their provincials March 28 to 30 in Vermilion.

The Canadian Intercollegiate Rodeo Association finals will be held at Northlands in Edmonton March 27 to 29 and two cowgirls will represent Ponoka. Casey Crandall will be competing in the barrels and poles and Kendra Carothers will be competing in team roping, breakaway and goat tying.

History was in the making in Hobbema on March 13 to 16 as they hosted the 2008 Investors Group Hockey Alberta Provincials.

In a three game series where each team won a game by 20 points game three was sure to be interesting.

The Crestomere Cougars Basketball ‘A’ boys’ team has had an exciting year thus far. At this point in the season they have gone undefeated in league play with a record of 11-0.

The Alberta Winter Games welcomed 3,000 athletes to Leduc Feb. 15 to 17, including 15 athletes from Ponoka.

Three games played put the St. Augustine’s senior girl’s basketball team in fourth overall in the weekend tournament on Feb. 15 and 16 at St.A’s.

The walls of the gym at Ponoka Composite High School are white with green and black stripes with large bold letters that spell out ‘Pride and Tradition’ something that the current Broncs teams take very seriously.