Local Sports

Say Frisbee and what springs to mind? A bunch of kids scampering around in a park? Guys throwing, chasing and catching for a few minutes, then losing interest? Well, perhaps it is time to think again.

Over 50 riders from all over the province came out to Horse Creek Ranch on the weekend for the fifth annual endurance ride Sept. 14. The event offered three distances for all age groups; 12 miles, which began at 8:30 a.m.

Westlock baseball player Austin Watamaniuk recently brought home a gold medal from the Western Canadian Midget ‘AAA’ Championship in Winnipeg, Man., from Aug. 22-25. Austin helped win the title as a shortstop in his first year with the St.

In front of a massive crowd, the Westlock Thunderbirds handed out a crushing 62-0 victory to the Vegreville Vortex in their first home game of the season last Friday and improved to 2-0 in Wheatland Football League.

R.F. Staples School wrestler Haley Heffel competed at the Juvenile Women’s 65-kilogram division at the World Cadets Juvenile Games in Serbia on Aug. 19-24.

Westlock has a new set of golf club champions. Following two days of action at the Westlock Golf Club on Sept. 7-8, two repeat winners and one first-time winner emerged from the 71-person field.

For a golfer, life surely doesn’t get much better than this. Three days of Caribbean-type weather, a golf course shining like a rare jewel, and a spirit of friendship as unfailing as the sun.

It didn’t take long for Barrhead Composite’s senior Gryphon girls volleyball team to show off what they’ve got. The girls went undefeated in their first tournament of the year in Barrhead over the weekend, claiming first place.

The Edwin Parr Composite High School Pacers obliterated the opposing football team, Vegreville Vortex, last Friday in a home game — the Pacers’ first in the regular season. The Pacers won 56-0.

The Hon. Jeff Johnson's 4th Annual Road to Hope Golf Classic held at the Athabasca Golf & Country Club Sept. 4 was a resounding success.