Local Sports

A pair of wins last week bumped the Westlock Red Lions up two spots from fourth- to second-place in the North Central Alberta Baseball League.

The Westlock Rock earned their place in the Rocky Mountain Lacrosse League’s Junior ‘B’ Tier II North Conference Championships after sweeping the North-Central Division series last weekend.

The Jarvie Jaguars’ undefeated regular season and playoff run came to an abrupt end last week in the championship final of the Edmonton Youth Softball Association.

Westlock’s U14 softball team’s strong performance wasn’t enough; they unfortunately came home empty-handed and winless from the provincial ‘C’ championship tournament in Calahoo last weekend.

A large crowd numbering over 300 people turned out on Saturday for the Sangudo Bull Bash, an evening of entertainment devoted entirely to bull riding.

Local basketball players came to Barrhead to take part in the tenth annual Hoopnics Basketball Camp on Monday, June 30, 2014. The camp started on Monday and ran until Thursday, July 3, 2014.

This weekend, a street hockey tournament will take over Richmond Park Hall. In addition to friendly rivalries for the 12-inch silver cup trophy, there will be remembrance.

Local brothers Max and Sam Elgert have been selected for Cross Country Alberta’s 2014-2015 Alberta Development team, which means the summer ahead will include a lot of roller skiing.

Spring may not seem the most likely season for a young person’s thoughts to turn to skiing, but mid-May is when local cross-country skier Maya MacIsaac-Jones accepted her nomination to the Canadian junior national team.

Six Athabasca soccer teams have qualified for provincials, and while the tournament may not grab as many headlines as the World Cup, provincials garner their fair share of anticipation and preparation — plus, there’s bound to be less biting.