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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.

Barrhead is one step closer to having a junior hockey franchise. On Aug.

It was a learning experience that will only make them better. That is how Barrhead Orioles Mosquitoes (11 years old and under) coach Jessica Luciak characterized the team’s performance at the Alberta Tier IV Championships in Oyen, July 26-28.

Westlock Grey Lions’ Aaron Cotter finishes his homerun trot around the bases at Keller Field July 23 after hitting another grand slam over the centre field fence, his second in as many weeks.

Red Lions pitcher Kris Johnson delivers a pitch in the rain during Game 1 of the team’s July 28 doubleheader against the Edmonton Blackhawks at Keller Field.

It is full steam ahead. That is what Western States Hockey League (WSHL) commissioner Ron White said about Barrhead’s upcoming entry into the league for the upcoming 2019-2020 season.