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A baker’s dozen worth of runs helped the Westlock Red Lions to a season-opening win over the Sturgeon Paladins last Wednesday evening.

Peewee hockey players in Westlock and across Alberta will no longer be allowed to deliver body checks after Hockey Alberta eliminated body checking in that age level.

They are used to confronting life’s challenges. After all, one is an FCSS family violence worker, the other a mental health therapist.

It’s time to dust off your driver and swing into spring at the Paddle River Golf &Country Club. The 62-year-old club teed off its new season last Wednesday – the first day of May – after a winter layoff that seemed to last forever.

The Aspen View School Division Badminton Regionals were hotly contested in Athabasca and Boyle last week.

Two years into her basketball career at Grande Prairie Regional College, Athabasca’s Amy Kobzey is already an impact player.

Westlock’s junior Rock lacrosse team continued its strong start to the season with a 15-8 win over the Wainwright Wolfpack on May 4 at the Westlock Rotary Spirit Centre.

Senior ‘AA’ hockey is returning to Westlock this fall. The final decision to grant a Westlock franchise entry into the North Central Hockey League was made at a league meeting this past weekend.

Westlock Minor Hockey has a new president. On April 25, Denise Boulerice was selected to replace Dean Fagnan as president of the Westlock Minor Hockey Association.

Westlock’s senior Red Lions squad is back for another season with hopes of repeating last year’s championship.