Local Sports

Barrhead hosted the Tier II PeeWee Competitive Baseball Provincial tournament over the weekend, where six teams competed for the right to call themselves champions. The tournament began Friday, July 27 at noon and wrapped up Sunday evening.

The Westlock Thunderbirds football club is setting an ambitious goal for this season: 1,000 fans at the home opener.

Westlock’s senior Red Lions are firmly entrenched in the playoffs and looking forward to seeing what damage they can do once the regular season ends.

It was a beautiful day on Sunday, and for some the best way to spend it is sitting in the shade sipping on a cool refreshment.

There’s no doubt that the Jarvie Jaguars softball program is a successful one, with the pee wee squad bringing home a provincial bronze medal. Coach Albert Burchett said the provincial ‘C’-level tournament in St.

Her pink golf ball has “BELIEVE” written on it. However, 13-year-old Topanga Kosterbok could scarcely believe what happened at the fifth hole at Paddle River Golf &Country Club last Thursday.

As the Mosquito league came to an end over the weekend, the Barrhead Yankees walked away with one win and two losses. Barrhead began the tournament in a game against Goodfish Lake Friday, July 20 at 6:30 p.m.

100 golfers were out on the course for the Koch Ford Men’s Open at the Athabasca Golf Club last weekend. With a pair of sunny days to enjoy, the golfers played 18 holes on both Saturday and Sunday.

The annual Billy Loutit Despatch Triathlon is in the books for another year. The two-day event, welcoming local and visiting athletes for both the Kids Of Steel on Saturday and the adult race on Sunday, went off without a hitch.

The Jarvie Jaguars bantam softballers are provincial silver medallists. The team of 13 girls was in Leduc June 30 to July 2 competing against 11 other teams from across Alberta in the bantam girls ‘C’ provincial tournament.