Local Sports

The hope is that not only will there be a number of new players come out, but that many from last year’s roster of eligible players will out to take advantage of the early start to training for the fall season.

The recent youth national cross country event was an Athabasca family affair. Maya, Michael and Anna MacIsaac-Jones all took part in the Haywood Ski Nationals in Thunder Bay, ON from Mar.

A flag football team is kicking off this spring. Landing Trail Intermediate School (LTIS) will officially launch the Wolverines flag football team pilot project next Monday.

Seven teams participated in an event that proved to be exciting and should draw a lot more interest next year.

The hockey season in Barrhead officially came to an end with the annual Barrhead Old Vets Invitational.

Spring is well on the way. Birds are chirping, the grass is turning green and it’s light until 8.30 p.m.

The Westlock Red Lions of the North Central Alberta Baseball League (NCABL) are readying to take the field for the 2015 season.

Four local cross country skiers participated in an event that combines instruction with competition.

It was a bit of a different schedule to follow for the Athabasca Rapids Swim club a couple of weekends ago. The team was split in order to attend a pair of age-specific swim meets in the Edmonton area on Mar. 21 and 22.

Honoured. That’s the word Allan Measures used over and over again to describe his feelings about being named one of Finland’s SM-Liiga top 10 all-time foreign hockey players.