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Morinville Jets present season awards

By Morinville News Staff

St. Albert – The Morinville Jets held their annual awards night dinner Thursday night, wrapping up a highly-successful 2012 – 2013 season with some food and fun.

A number of awards were presented to players and those who have helped the Jets on the road to success, past and present. Volunteer of the Year, the Terry Grykuliak Award, was presented… […]

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Nordic walking offers exercise for more than just the legs

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – Walking around the trails in Morinville dragging a couple of ski poles behind you might look a little odd to the casual observer, but for practitioners of Nordic walking the poles are anything but odd. In fact, they serve several purposes, the least of which is helping walkers to burn off a few more calories during their walk…. […]

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Novice A Mustangs take gold in memorial tournament

By MorinvilleNews.com Staff

Morinville – It was tournament gold for the Sturgeon Novice A Mustangs Mar. 25. The Mustangs defeated the Devon Drillers 8-4 in the final game of the 15th Annual Dennis Blair Borduzak Memorial Tournament. The tournament, which ran Mar. 22-25 in Legal and Morinville, drew together 18 teams (six each in A, B, and C divisions) for four days of tournament hockey… […]

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Skipping school for a good cause

By MorinvilleNews.com Staff

Morinville – Notre Dame Catholic Elementary School students were running, jumping and jogging through the halls Mar. 19 with no one to tell them to slow down but the school’s Grade 5 students… […]

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Midget Road Runners provincial champions…again

The Morinville Road Runners returned from provincials with their second provincial win in as many years. Coach Serge Froment said the girls won all four of their games, finishing the… […]

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Jets season comes to an end

By Stephen Dafoe

Edmonton – The Morinville Jets ended the 2012 playoff season Sunday night with a 4-2 loss to the Edmonton Royals. The loss was the Jets third consecutive defeat in the best-of-seven series and the one to give the Royals the series… […]

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Morinville Jets must win Sunday

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – The garbage can lids banged and the chants rolled Friday night at the Ray McDonald Sports Centre. Problem was, much of it was for the visiting Edmonton Royals who brought a fair contingent of supporters. The support seemed to help the Royals earn a 6-3 victory over the Morinville Jets and game five of the best-of-seven series… […]

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Jets and Royals tied four games in

By Morinvillenews.com Staff

Edmonton – The Morinville Jets fell to the Edmonton Royals in a 6-4 decision Wednesday night, bringing the best-of-seven semi-final series to two games apiece… […]

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Jets head to game four Wednesday night

By MorinvilleNews.com Staff

Morinville – The Morinville Jets take to the road Wednesday night for game four of their best-of-seven semi-final series with the Edmonton Royals… […]

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They’re gold
The Sturgeon Hockey Club Atom C2 Mustangs took the gold in the Gold/Silver medal game for the 16-60 Hockey League at the Ray McDonald Arena Sunday afternoon… […]

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Wolves experience tough overtime losses at zones

By Morinvillenews.com Staff

Morinville – It was a tough weekend for the Morinville community High School senior basketball teams over the Mar. 9 weekend. Both the Wolves and Ladies Wolves fell in overtime during their respective final games by the narrowest of margins. After battling their way to the final, the Wolves lost by two points in overtime. The Lady Wolves fell by just one point… […]

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Morinville Jets have mixed weekend

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – After a disappointing 5-2 defeat at the hands of the Edmonton Royals Friday night, a game that put the best-of-seven semi-final series at a game apiece, the Jets pulled off a 4-2 home-ice victory over the Royals Sunday night to put the series 2-1 in the Jets’ favour. […]

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One down, three to go for Jets

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – You could not have asked for a closer hockey game Wednesday night. Tied 1-1 through three periods and matched 28-28 in shots until the final three minutes of overtime, the Morinville Jets and Edmonton Royals were not prepared to give up any ground in the opening game of a best-of-seven semi-final league series… […]

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Jets enter round three Wednesday night

By Morinville News.com Staff

Morinville – The Morinville Jets take to the ice Wednesday night for game 1 of round 3 of playoffs. The Jets opponent in the semi-final best-of-seven series will be the Edmonton Royals, a team that unseated the league-leading Sherwood Park Knights in round 2… […]

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MCHS has something to cheer about

By MorinvilleNews.com Staff

Morinville – The MCHS Cheer Team return to school Monday morning with the 2011/2012 Small Varsity Cheer Provincial Championship in their hands. The team travelled to Brooks over the weekend for provincials and competed Mar. 2 and 3… […]

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Jets take round two in three straight

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – It was a big night for the Morinville Jets Wednesday evening. Their 5-1 win over the visiting Edmonton Mustangs gave the Jets their third consecutive win in the best-of-five series and round two of CJHL playoffs… […]