Local Sports

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.

It may be hard to believe, but baseball season is just around the corner.

Although they came up short in their quest to bring home two gold medals this season, Westlock’s Peewee ‘A’ Warriors are happy to hang two silver medals around their necks.

By the end of the Westlock and District Minor Hockey Association’s annual general meeting on April 24, the association will have a new president. After three years in the top job, Dean Fagnan is stepping down.

The curling season came to a close in Boyle on the weekend with the annual Mixed Bonspiel. The event served as one last chance for local curlers to throw some rocks before the ice comes out at the Millview Recreation Complex.