Grande Prairie region weekend packed with hockey, rodeo and motocross
A busy sports slate hits the Peace Country this weekend, from junior hockey and college golf to a rescheduled freestyle motocross show at Evergreen Park.
The Grande Prairie Storm head to Camrose for games Saturday at 6 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m., sitting 2-1 on the season after sweeping Bonnyville at home before a midweek loss in Whitecourt. In the Northwest Junior Hockey League, the County Wheat Kings visit Slave Lake and Fort St. John travels to Fairview on Friday, both at 8 p.m., with additional games Saturday involving Beaverlodge, Sexsmith and Dawson Creek, which plays in La Crete.
Northern Lights College hosts its Fall Rodeo at the Lakota Agriplex in Dawson Creek, with slack starting at 11 a.m. Saturday followed by a 6:30 p.m. performance, and a second performance Sunday at 9 a.m.
At Northwestern Polytechnic, the Wolves golf team competes at the ACAC Championship in Lac La Biche from Friday through Sunday, the women's hockey team hosts Sherwood Park AAA in exhibition play Friday and Saturday at the Design Works Centre, and the soccer team visits Portage College for weekend matches.
The Peace Wapiti Academy Titans football team plays the Harry Ainley Titans in Edmonton Friday at 5 p.m., while Evergreen Park hosts the FNX World Tour freestyle motocross event, now rescheduled to Sunday with a pit party at 11:30 a.m. and the show starting at 1 p.m.
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