Local Sports

Athabasca’s young hockey players had plenty of hardware to take home last week. Though hockey season is over, it’s not forgotten as the 2010-11 season was celebrated last Thursday with the Athabasca Minor Hockey Awards Night.

Football season isn’t as far away as it seems. The Edwin Parr Composite Pacers may not be slated to play any ‘real’ games until September, but the players won’t be waiting that long to get back in action.

For many local baseball players who spent time with the Red Lions, getting older and starting a family can often spell the end of their baseball career.

The third annual R.F. Staples Dress-Up Basketball Game will give the Westlock Food Bank a healthy boost this year by bringing in donations of 170 pounds of food and $1,000 in cash donations.

For a martial artist, the journey to mastery is like climbing a mountain that has no summit. No matter how high you climb, there will always be a higher plateau beckoning you.

It was a long winter, but the curling action never cooled off in Boyle. The Boyle Curling Club closed its season with the mixed bonspiel on the first weekend of April.

Parents with their kids in tow arrived in droves, as excitement for the upcoming season reached a fevered pitch. The Barrhead Raptors peewee football team held its registration night on April 6 at the Barrhead Agrena.

Every year on the third Monday in April since 1897, thousands of runners of all skill levels, and abilities descend on the city of Boston.

A local girl travelled an hour and a half all winter to play for the Fort Saskatchewan girls Pee Wee ‘A’ and bantam ‘B’ Fury hockey teams.

The County of Barrhead has a hidden gem. Misty Ridge Ski Hill had its final day of skiing and snowboarding on April 3, and by all accounts it was a great year. The County experienced huge amounts of snow this year.