Local Sports

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.

The tables have turned around for the Barrhead Midget Orioles, who came up against some big challenges in the first round of their regular season.

After a dramatic finish, Westlock’s U12 soccer team has emerged as Tri-County Soccer Association champions.

A young team with a lot of players who had never held a lacrosse stick before is now ready to compete for provincial glory.

The Westlock Peewee Wild girls softball team won their league championship on Saturday in Clyde and will now advance to the Peewee ‘C’ Provincials in Calahoo from July 4-6.

All told, the 2014 Long Island Lake Amateur Rodeo could not have gone any better. “It went really well,” said Long Island Light Horse Association member Hope MacIntyre. “The stock contractor said it was probably one of the smoothest rodeos we’ve run.

The Barrhead Bantam Orioles played three games over the weekend against two tough teams. The boys were off to a rough start when they found themselves against South Jasper Place Thunderstruck from Edmonton.

Age was nothing more than a number to the group of competitors that came through Barrhead for Senior Pro Rodeo last week. The June 16-17 event hosted about 100 participants from all over Alberta, and some coming from as far as B.

The 12th annual Billy Loutit Triathlon, Duathlon and Kids of Steel event is scheduled for July 26 and 27. Each year, more than 70 athletes compete and support Athabasca’s history. In 1904, a flood occurred in Athabasca.