Local Sports

Kevin Berger – Leader Staff The Barrhead Composite High School (BCHS) golf team is hoping to win a second consecutive 3A Zone Championship this Monday, Sept. 16 at the Barrhead Golf and Recreation Area.

Chris Zwick – Leader Staff The Westlock Thunderbirds didn’t fare much better in their second game of the Wheatland Football League season than they did in their first, taking another tough loss to the St. Paul Lions, 55-0.

The Athabasca Peewee Trappers came short July 21-22 at Tier III provincials in Fox Creek, where they failed to win any of their three games.

Four local hockey players were inducted into the Alberta Hockey Hall of Fame July 22 at a ceremony held in Canmore for their feats in the 1991 Canada Winter Games.

The Athabasca Daddy's will get to defend their title against the Perryvale B-Boys in the Recreational Filipino Basketball League (RFBL) championship, while the Athabasca Birds and the Edwin Parr Composite Predators will play for third place.

Things did not end as well as hoped for for the Athabasca Mosquito Trappers at the Tier III provincials in Slave Lake July 21 and 22. The team went 0-and-3, falling 11-6 to Sherwood Park and 11-2 against Parkland on the first day.

Athabasca's Kerri Kanuga is preparing for her third Badwater 135 race - and the extreme heat the July 23-25 race will bring. "You can fry an egg on the pavement. I've had my shoes melt.

The Athabasca Peewee Trappers were in Cold Lake July 7-8 to play in the first of two tournaments which will determine which Tier they play in for provincials.

Athabasca's Mosquito-level Trappers found themselves in St. Albert July 7-8 to play some baseball against some provincial-level teams, with the tournament being the first of a two-parter to determine which Tier they play provincials in.

A pair of rodeos are coming up, with the Boyle and District Agricultural Society set to hold the annual Boyle Rodeo July 20-22, while the Buffalo Lake Métis Settlement (BLMS) to hold their open rodeo Aug. 25-26.