Local Sports

It was a tough weekend for the R.F. Staples badminton team at the provincial tournament May 2-3 in Lethbridge.

Boys Singles - Gold - Dallan Bencharsky - Boyle Silver - Wes Thompson - Boyle Girls Singles - Gold - Shaelynn Beach - EPC Silver - Maria Antal - Boyle Boys Doubles - Gold - Linden Gauthier & Mason Evancusky - Grassland - Silver - Josh Nicol & Mitchel

Amy Kobzey, an Edwin Parr Composite (EPC) School graduate, has played at Grande Prairie Regional College in the women’s basketball program for the last three years.

What better way to spend your retirement than playing golf! If you’re navigating the majestic Barrhead Golf Course, life surely cannot get much better. Two people who can testify to this are retirees Judy Schaffrick and C.J.

The weather is mild, daylight lingers until 9 p.m., and excuses for not exercising have gone … so why not play tennis? At 7 p.m. this Thursday, an informal tennis club will meet for the first time at the town’s three new courts.

Westock’s bantam Rock lacrosse team didn’t post a win in their opening weekend or play, but did manage to net one point.

Hockey season is officially over in the Westlock area with all the awards handed out to this year’s exemplary players.

A Boys Singles Gold - Jesse Weber - EPC Silver - Jeff Chapa - Boyle A Girls Singles Gold - Avery Kuzik - TCS Silver - Chayla Lip – TCS A Boys Doubles- Gold - Connor Nikipelo/Ross McGillvray - Boyle Silver - Adam Koons/Nick Roth – EPC A Girls Doubles

The Athabasca Soccer Association (ASA) competes in the Tri-County soccer league, but due to lack of teams in the surrounding communities, the older Athabasca teams are competing in Edmonton this season.

Activities enjoyed as children sometimes follow us into adolescence. That was the case for local badminton champ Shaelynn Beach.