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Baseball season is officially over in Westlock. The Red Lions were hungry and on the prowl after a decisive game Aug. 12, which saw the Red Lions win a do-or-die tiebreaker 9-1 on the road against the St. Albert Cardinals.

The Westlock Grey Lions — who finished the regular season at 11-3 as the second-ranked team going into the Alberta West Central Baseball Association playoffs — played their last game of the season last week as they were unceremoniously defeated by th

A young golfer from Barrhead has qualified to compete at the final tournament of the 24th McLennan Ross Alberta Junior Tour, an annual series of 25 tournaments that runs throughout the province each summer.

That’s one. On Aug. 13, the Barrhead Bombers announced that they had signed their first player, Ian Sotlar. “We are really excited to have Ian join our club,” said Bombers general manager and head coach Todd White.

Both the Westlock Red Lions and Grey Lions seasons came down to one game each on Aug. 12. The Red Lions pulled out a 10-0 win at Keller Field Aug. 8 against the St.

Todd White has spent a lifetime preparing for this opportunity. In early October, when he steps behind the bench for the Barrhead Bombers first regular-season game he will be doing so for the first time as a professional coach.

Kevin Berger – Leader Staff If the weather proves to be co-operative, the hamlet of Fort Assiniboine is set to quadruple in population this weekend during the annual Fort Assiniboine Rodeo and Hamlet Hoedown, which takes place on Friday and Saturday,

At 15, Reid Casavant has won three of the events on the Alberta Juniors Golf Tour this summer. Casavant won at RedTail Landing in Nisku July 22, Ponoka July 23, and Goose Hummock near Gibbons Aug. 1-2 on the McLennan Ross Alberta Junior Tour.

The Westlock Red Lions will be scoreboard watching this week following back-to-back losses that have them out of the North Central Alberta Baseball League playoff picture.

Carsten Bergeron, 17, won a bronze medal at the Canada Cup, held July 18-21, as part of Team Alberta. Carsten Bergeron has had a summer on volleyball courts across the globe that he’ll never forget.