Local Sports

The Junior High Division Three cheerleading team from Edwin Parr Composite saved their best for last with a big win at the Aloha Spirit Championships in Hawaii earlier this month.

The Lyle brothers from Athabasca have made themselves at home on the Whitecourt Wolverines Junior B hockey club.

Lacrosse teams may get a chance to play a game or two on home turf after all as the recent demolition delay of the Jubilee Arena means the facility will stay standing for at least an extra month.

Athabasca’s young hockey players had lots of fun (and success) this past winter.

Keegan Kanzig’s first season of play in the Western Hockey League was everything he expected it to be and more. The native of Athabasca became a mainstay on the blueline for the Victoria Royals in 2011-12.

Four Barrhead figure skaters acquitted themselves very well at the Peace Section Open competition March 23-25 in Grande Prairie.

Although their season may have ended in early March, three members of the BCHS senior boys basketball team were still on the court March 31 at an all-star event in Camrose.

The Westlock Thunderbirds football team will spend this spring getting into shape, as conditioning camps are set to start soon. Students in Grades 9-12 can sign up for the squad in the R.F. Staples office from 6 to 8 p.m.

Warm weather and melting snow marked the end of the season for the Tawatinaw Valley Ski Hill as organizers closed the doors a day earlier than expected.

The Spirit Foundation is well on its way to achieving its $1.6 million fundraising commitment to the Westlock Rotary Spirit Centre.