Local Sports

It will be here before you know it. The ninth annual Bryan Mudryk Golf Classic is just over a month away. This year’s event is set for June 18 at Skeleton Lake Golf Club in Boyle.

Someone made off with a piece of the school. Only when the snow had melted away, did phys-ed. teacher Gayle Lamothe notice that a piece of the long jump track was missing.

Spring marks the beginning of the growing season, and it is in full swing. With the season comes new beginnings, and for a young Columbian who’s made Barrhead his home for the past four years, it could be the beginning of something new in town.

The Westlock Wave girls 18 and under volleyball team wrapped its season with a seventh place finish in Division Two at the Alberta Volleyball Provincial Championships April 30 to May 1 in Calgary.

Badminton doesn’t always rank high on the list of peoples’ sports priorities, but for Clyde resident Karmen Ward, his efforts in the sport earned him some impressive hardware. The Grade 12 R.F.

There were no surprises at the Westlock and District Minor Hockey Association’s Annual General Meeting April 20, said returning president Dean Fagnan. “It was a good meeting,” he said.

The region’s best badminton players put their skills to the test in a pair of competitions held locally last week. On Thursday, April 28, both Boyle School and the Athabasca Regional Multiplex hosted badminton regional events.

For one weekend in May, Athabasca will officially be Oil Country. The Edmonton Oilers hockey club will bring their annual development camp to the Athabasca Regional Multiplex May 13-15.

The Barrhead Minor Hockey Association is facing some tough decisions, even before the start of the 2011/12 season.

A local woman will be stripping down on June 18 to help fight for a cause that is close to her heart.