Local Sports

Local hockey players were the celebrities at the Athabasca and District Minor Hockey Associationís annual Awards Night.

No stranger to high-level hockey, Athabascaís Zach Bendall will face a new challenge at this yearís Alberta Cup. The 14-year-old Bendall recently completed his second season with the Bantam AAA Fort Saskatchewan Rangers.

Are you ready for pulse-pounding action? Yes? Then visit Sangudo on Saturday, July 6 for a bull riding spectacular.

Opening Day isn’t for another three weeks, but the Westlock Red Lions are well on their way to launching their defence of their 2012 North Central Alberta Baseball League title.

R.F Staples School wrestler Haley Heffel is competing with Team Canada at the 2013 Cadet Pan Am Championships in Medellin, Colombia Aug. 9-11.

They’re ready to rock. After playing the entire 2012 season on the road because of the lack of a home floor, the Westlock Lacrosse Association is back in town and ready to put on a show for the home fans.

Westlock Minor Baseball is on the upswing this year. Enrolment numbers have increased by as many as 38 this season, said Westlock’s Minor Baseball Association (WMBA) president Jennifer Lucyk.

The snow was plentiful and so were the people at Misty Ridge Ski Hill this year, making for a very successful 2012-2013 season.

It is hockey’s last hurrah at the Agrena, a season-ending tradition that is as much about camaraderie as sport. The Annual Barrhead Old Vets Men’s and Ladies Hockey Tournament saw as many as 180 players get together for a four-day festival of fun.

With the 2012-13 Western Hockey League season now complete for his Victoria Royals, Keegan Kanzig has another season of major junior hockey experience under his belt.