Local Sports

Terry Mudryk is an extremely proud mother. ìI can remember the day when (my son) Bryan and I left hospital after he received his bone marrow transplant. Heís six-foot-one, so heís tall. When I say he was 139 pounds, youíll know he was frail.

Years of hard work and dedication to the sport of football have paid off for Brad Russell.

This Saturday, one of Bryan Mudrykís dreams will come true. The Boyle native and TSN personality is coming home for his annual Golf Classic event at the Skeleton Lake Golf Club and the Boyle Community Centre.

All hail to MTM! The Barrhead side took top honours in a baseball tournament featuring teams from Meadowview, Glenreagh, Mosside, Neerlandia and Swan Hills. It proved a great way for Terese and Kelvin Koch to bow out as MTM coaches.

Although the medal count was slim, their performance was worthy of gold as five athletes represented Westlock at the 2013 Alberta Schools’ Athletic Association’s Track and Field Championships in Calgary June 7-8. Conne Lategan scored R.F.

Westlock’s Grey Lions are the 2013 Harvey J. Doherty Memorial baseball tournament champions.

The Athabasca Soccer Associationís annual tournament was a big success on the weekend. Held at Whispering Hills Primary School, the tournament welcomed 47 teams in four different divisions (U6, U8, U10, U12).

Last month, Hockey Alberta announced that body contact would no longer be allowed at the peewee level. Since then, Hockey Canada has made a similar decision, making body contact in peewee hockey a thing of the past across the country.

August 17, 2003. The date marks one of the most glorious days in Barrhead’s baseball history. “Orioles shock Lions with two wins” was the headline in the Barrhead Leader.

Barrhead Composite High School’s track field was action-filled last Tuesday, when hundreds of Pembina Hill students competed in the annual Divisional Track Meet.