Local Sports

The smell of gasoline and the sound of four-stroke engines were in the air, as the first Battenfelder Quad Rodeo since its creator passed away in late 2010, drew in a large crowd.

A local athlete pinned down a spot Team Alberta for the coming Western Canada Summer Games, which will be held in Kamloops, B.C. this August. Austin Tremblay, a Grade 10 student at R.F.

It was a golden weekend in Abbotsford, B.C. for Mark Ritter and his Northern Alberta Volleyball Club (NAVC) Green Bears teammates last weekend, May 13-15. Ritter, a Grade 11 student at St. Mary School, travelled to B.C.

Scores of young athletes competed in Edwin Parr Composite’s annual junior track and field meet last week. Held at the school last Wednesday, school students put themselves to the test in a number of events.

For Nathan Bennett, volleyball is life. And life is good. The Athabasca native has spent the last decade living and traveling in Europe as a professional volleyball player.

The Bible Society is teaming up on May 28 with Women on Wheels for their Bike for Bibles fundraiser. This ride will replace the go-at-your-own-rate ride. Bike for Bibles started in Australia in the ’90s and has swept across the planet.

The call rang out under an overcast sky. “Play ball,” said umpire and co-coach of team Glenreagh No. 1 Lee Graham. At the diamonds behind Barrhead Composite High School on May 19, Summerdale squared off against Glenreagh No.

Last Saturday was a beautiful day for football, and the Edwin Par Composite (EPC) School Pacers took advantage of it. The team welcomed the Fort Saskatchewan Sting to Athabasca for an exhibition game, played ‘jamboree style’.

Athabasca showed its true colors last weekend, and they are blue and orange.

Being drafted is never a bad thing. For Nikolas Koberstein, growing up and living in Barrhead has cemented some of the most important traits that have made the next step in his hockey career a reality.