Local Sports

The season may not begin until next month, but local gymnasts got off to a head start thanks to a special camp last week. The Athabasca FLIPS Gymnastics Club held the camp at the Athabasca Regional Multiplex from Monday to Friday.

Last week, Marci Kiselyk was back where it all began. The basketball star, a recent graduate of the University of Saskatchewan, was home in Athabasca to host a basketball camp at her old high school, Edwin Parr Composite.

Team Roping At the Schmidt House drew the attention of more than 50 young cowboys and cowgirls from around the Barrhead region.

A Clyde athlete has returned from the Western Canada Summer Games in Kamloops with a gold medal around his neck after out-wrestling the competition.

The Westlock Red Lions held on for a 3-1 victory over the Legal Indians in their last regular season game of the season last Wednesday.

The coach of the Grande Prairie Regional College women’s basketball team is excited to have Athabasca’s Amy Kobzey joining his team this fall.

The Athabasca Aces are going to take you to school. The senior ‘AA’ hockey team will host the annual Aces Hockey School at the Athabasca Regional Multiplex from Wednesday, Sept. 7 to Sunday, Sept. 11.

Natural horsemanship goes about things a little differently. It’s a discipline that strives for the partnering of rider with horse. “It’s about respect and dignity with the horse.

Two longtime staples of the Barrhead Senior Team had their jerseys retired on Aug. 7 at the Fort Assiniboine sports grounds.

The Blue Heron Fair Days got off with a bang. Hundreds of spectators crammed the Barrhead Rodeo Grounds on Aug. 5 for the demolition derby, which has become an annual fan favourite.