Local Sports

The Westlock Junior Rock will not field a team this year due to a lack of players. The decision came after the roster was not filled by the Feb. 1 deadline for the Rocky Mountain Lacrosse League (RMLL) season.

The Tier 1 Westlock Bantam Warriors ended the league season on a high note last Saturday. The Bantams finished first in the 1660 League with a 21-3-0 record, topped off with three recent victories against Sturgeon, 7-2 on Jan.

There’s just about five minutes left in the second period. The Athabasca Midget ‘A’ Hawks are in their home rink up against Ponoka. The stands are packed, and the game is tight. 4-3 Athabasca.

Westlock Family Taekwondo broke barriers and boards at the annual Whitecourt Taekwondo tournament Jan. 28, sending 21 competitors of all ages and collecting 42 medals and a trophy for board breaking.

The St. Mary Sharks had a tough run at their own tournament, going 0-3 at the W. J. Kallal Memorial Tournament at the Rotary Spirit Centre Feb. 10-11. Hay Lakes won the gold medal, with St.

If anyone had asked Barrhead native Melissa Lotholz at the beginning of bobsleigh season if she would like to share the brakeman duties for Kalie Humphries on Canada’s top bobsled women’s team — the answer would have been a resounding no.

Hockey fans attending games at the Barrhead Agrena, especially on Friday and weekend evenings, might have noticed a change in atmosphere.

Cheer was palpable to all of the senses at the Athabasca Multiplex on Feb. 4 during the annual Cheer Fest competition, attracting 14 competitive cheer teams from around northern Alberta and Edmonton.

In the first game of a two-game, total points series Jan. 31, the Barrhead Peewee Eagles came out victorious against their rivals, the CR Knights, 6-5 at the Barrhead Agrena. Assistant coach Nicole Uden said the team played hard.

The Quintilio siblings’ season just keeps sliding along.