Local Sports

Athabasca native Nathan Bennett is no stranger to accolades, having collected many of them during his long career in professional volleyball.

Last week, Athletes In Action returned to Athabasca to teach soccer skills while enriching the spiritual lives of local kids.

With an early rise and a long hot journey ahead of them, 40 riders headed out for an endurance competition at Horse Creek Ranch Saturday, July 7.

Yee-haw! It’s Highridge Rodeo time again. So get saddled up for the rodeo that just seems to get bigger each year, attracting competitors as young as two to cowboys in their 60s and much over.

Four of Athabasca’s best young golfers have proven they’re among the province’s best by qualifying for the Frank Lindsay Alberta Junior Boys Championships, which began yesterday.

The smaller they are, the more fun they have. At least that was the case for the New Trends Snipers, a collection of three-to-four year old soccer players that had lots of fun learning the basics of the game this spring.

Next month Sangudo Arena will be where dust flies, hoofs roar and spurs jingle. It will also be where the buck starts and stops. Mark 7 p.m., Aug. 18 in your calendar.

Rain and mud … there were plenty of challenges facing the Ol’ Pembina Tractor Pull Society before it could even start hosting the Sangudo Farmers Day tractor pull.

The Westlock midget Rock lacrosse team will have two shots to claim the Midget ‘B’ Greater Edmonton Lacrosse Council championship.

The Westlock Red Lions are one win closer to the top spot in the North Central Alberta Baseball League.