Local Sports

Four Barrhead Composite High School (BCHS) cross-country athletes will be heading to Eagle Butte near Medicine Hat, Oct. 19 to compete in the Alberta Schools’Athletic Association (ASAA) provincial championships.

Barrhead Minor Hockey Association (BMHA) is looking to have another good year helping children learn life skills and have fun.

If the Westlock Warriors season opener against the Bonnyville Pontiacs is any indication, local fans will be in for a good year. The senior ‘AA’ club took to the ice at the Rotary Spirit Centre Oct.

The Westlock Thunderbirds may have been 0-5 on the season, but you couldn’t tell given the effort and attitude they displayed as they took on the visiting team from Bonnyville.

Kevin Berger – Leader Staff The Barrhead Bombers junior hockey team kicked off their inaugural season with a pair of wins over the visiting Cold Lake Hornets on Friday and Saturday.

Chris Zwick – Leader Staff The Westlock Thunderbirds may have been 0-5 on the season, but you couldn’t tell given the effort and attitude they displayed as they took on the visiting team from Bonnyville under the bright lights last Friday.

Students from six area schools gathered in Fawcett Sept. 26 for the annual Pembina Hills Divisional Junior High Soccer Tournament. Pictured, R.F. Staples’ Jolie Snow and Sebastian Hoblak run to get control of the ball.

The Westlock Thunderbirds were slated to play Cold Lake Sept. 27 for their fifth game of the Wheatland Football League season, but had to forfeit the game due to the flu which decimated the roster.

Andreea Resmerita – Leader Staff The Thunderbirds were slated to play Cold Lake Sept. 27 for their fifth game, but had to forfeit the game due to the flu, said coach Jon Kramer. “It’s disappointing for the players and coaches too.

Hockey fans can expect a fast, hard-hitting style of hockey.