Local Sports

It was a golden weekend for two of the four senior high volleyball teams in Westlock. The R.F.

After a hard-fought battle last Friday, the Westlock Thunderbirds earned a 12-10 victory over the Vermilion Marauders and secured first place in Tier 2 of the Wheatland Football League. Both teams went into the Sept.

After a tight round of competition at last weekend’s Prince Philip Games (PPG) competition, local pony-riding team Full Throttle brought home a bronze medal.

The Westlock Thunderbirds improved to 2-0 on the year following a 32-8 Friday-night drubbing of the Vegreville Vortex.

Typically when you think of a rodeo, you pictures men and women in jeans and 10-gallon hats while riding horses, but it’s not often that you think of a rodeo where the animal being ridden is an all-terrain vehicle.

Barrhead brothers Grady and Quentin Branden are celebrating a double rodeo triumph. While Grady won the team roping title in the Wildrose Rodeo, his 14-year-old brother Quentin took top honours in the junior breakaway.

It’s shaping up to be a busy year on the volleyball courts for Edwin Parr Composite’s junior teams. This year’s EPC Predators junior volleyball program will feature two girls teams and one boys team.

In their home opener at Edwin Parr Composite last Friday, the Athabasca Pacers were in tough against a strong Vermilion team. The local boys hit the field ready to put on a show for those in the crowd who braved the wind and rain.

If you have spirit, now is the time to show it. The Edwin Parr Composite senior high cheerleading squad has reunited at the school for another year of fun and competition.

Supporting Slave Lake was pretty fun at the Athabasca Golf Club on Saturday, where Manitoulin Transport and Buy-Low Foods hosted the 20th Annual Charity Golf Tournament.