Local Sports

The U14 Celtic boys soccer team from Athabasca had a pair of successful showings at recent tournaments. On the first weekend in June they were in the city for the Slurpee Cup, where they went all the way to the final and won the gold medal.

The rain pelted down in the morning, but Barrhead junior high students kept their athletic powder dry to put on a good display in St. Albert.

The Barrhead baseball diamonds saw a lot of action over the weekend as six Barrhead County Ball Midget teams competed in a action packed two-day tournament. The tournament ran from 7 p.m. Friday night to around 5 p.m.

The R.F. Staples track team came home with two medals and a dozen personal bests after the provincial track meet in Edmonton last weekend.

It was a great day on the track and field front in Barrhead on May 29, as Westlock’s junior high athletes put on a show. Leading the way was the team from R.F.

Lou Rondeau’s coaching career is studded with great achievements. One memory, however, stands out like a crown jewel. The year is 2006. Barrhead Composite High School has been striving for a while to get a seat at the top table of volleyball players.

Grade eights were great and grade nines were fine … and the girls in grade seven were in athletic heaven! McKenna Dievert, Morgan McKain and Jill Starman were Grade 7 stars as Barrhead’s track and field impressed during Tuesday’s Divisionals at Barrh

The 2012 Athabasca Annual Soccer Tournament was held on the weekend, and it was a big success according to the organizers. “We had everything on our side: sunshine, medals and so much fun,” exclaimed one organizer, Lorrill Waschuk.

This year’s Bryan Mudryk Golf Classic got off to a great start last weekend as a pair of companion events were blessed with good weather and passionate participants.

With the 10th Annual Bryan Mudryk Golf Classic less than a month away, the event’s namesake is putting in some extra work on the course. “I just got out (to golf).