Local Sports

The Westlock Gators swim club hosted a busy meet this weekend, as the Westlock & District Recreation Centre became a hub of activity Saturday morning and afternoon.

The Westlock Red Lions took a big step towards the .500 mark with a 4-1 win over the visiting Edmonton Athletics May 24 at Keller Field. “It’s good to have our first home win of the season,” said coach Ryan Rau.

Eleven R.F. Staples athletes will be making a trip to Foote Field in Edmonton June 3-4 to compete for provincial track and field glory. The entire team of 16 athletes travelled to Edmonton May 26 to participate in the zone track meet.

It was perfect sailing weather on Skeleton Lake last Saturday. And that was just one reason why the 2011 Battle of the Paddle was a big success.

And now, they wait. After working hard on the gridiron for most of May, the Edwin Parr Composite Pacers football team will now hand in their helmets and cleats for the summer.

Athabasca’s U16 girls’ soccer team is on a ‘crusade’ for a successful season, and they’re off to a solid start. The U16 Crusaders are currently second in their five-team league, having delivered strong efforts in all four of their games so far.

Barrhead Composite High School sent a team of student athletes to compete against more than 25 schools in the 2011 North Central Zone Final on May 26 at Foote Field Athletic Park in Edmonton.

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.