Local Sports

Kevin Berger – Leader Staff Provided the weather proves to be co-operative, the Highridge Agricultural Society will host its 16th annual Amateur Open Rodeo this Saturday, July 13.

A 17-year-old basketball player in Boyle has the opportunity to play as part of the All-Star Alberta basketball team in Las Vegas in July. But only if he is able to fund his way there.

Only one Westlock Rock lacrosse team remains in the playoffs.

Westlock’s Tier 2 and Tier 4 Bantam Wild teams brought home gold medals from their season-ending tournaments June 23. Left photo, front row, L-R: Mason Beattie and Brianna Montgomery.

Barrhead Composite High School (BCHS) has a long tradition of sporting achievements. And no one embodies the school’s athletic spirit better than the school’s male and female Athletes of the Year, Thorston Jevne, Hannah Tuininga and Lauren Kostiw.

Ryker Latimer delivers a pitch to the plate as the Westlock Pee Wee Wild hosted the Pembina League Pee Wee Divisional Tournament in Clyde June 23. The Wild won the bronze medal match defeating Athabasca 11-6.

Marcus Rea of the Westlock Junior ‘B’ Rock handles the ball while breaking into the Sherwood Park Titans’ zone during a loss at the Rotary Spirit Centre June 22.

Kevin Berger – Leader Staff With basketball fever at an all-time high in Canada following the Toronto Raptors’ historic victory in the National Basketball Association (NBA) Finals, a group of Barrhead educators are looking to host a skills developmen

Kevin Berger – Leader Staff Swimmers from Westlock, Hinton, Whitecourt, Drayton Valley, Spruce Grove, St.

The Barrhead Composite High School (BCHS) junior track team finished their season on a high note. On June 5, about 30, BCHS junior high school athletes travelled to St. Albert to compete in the North Central Track and Field Zone Championships.