Local Sports

The Grey Lions are two wins away from being repeat Alberta West Central Baseball Association champions. Playing Game 3 of their semi-final series against the St. Albert Cardinals on Aug.

Last week’s Bellz Edge hockey camp at the Westlock Rotary Spirit Centre was a big success. The brainchild of former Westlock resident and professional hockey player Gord Bell, the camp ran Aug.

The Westlock Red Lions will advance to the North Central Alberta Baseball League finals versus the Edmonton Blackhawks this coming weekend. At the NCABL semifinals at Keller Field Aug.

Haley Heffel has returned from the Canada Summer Games in Sherbrooke, Que. as a silver medallist. Heffel earned the medal with Team Alberta during the Aug. 2-8 Games. She placed fourth in individual competition.

The North Central Bulls AA hockey club, which started up last year, is hosting evaluations and tryouts at the Lac La Biche Bold Centre Aug. 24 and 25.

Team Roping at the Schmidt House, also known as T.R.A.S.H, was bigger and better than ever this year. Located just outside of Barrhead, the camp is offered by team roping champion Ronald Schmidt.

Fans filled the stands to cheer on the competing cowboys and cowgirls at the Fort Assiniboine Hamlet Hoedown rodeo over the weekend. The turnout was about average, said one rodeo organizer and pickup man Jason Resch.

Athabasca native Meggan Franks, 29, is headed to Krynica-Zdrój, Poland, to run in the 29th World Mountain Running Championships this September.

Each August long weekend, approximately 1,400 relay team members and solo runners (and, some would argue, masochists) descend on the town of Grande Cache, population 4,000, to participate in the 125-kilometre, 24-hour North Face Canadian Death Race.

As treasurer of the Alberta Mounted Shooters Association, Eileen Hearn gets to witness a lot of explosive action.