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The Westlock Thunderbirds remain winless in 2018, narrowly losing their Sept. 28 Friday Night Lights game 28-26 to the Cold Lake Royals.

The Barrhead Jags boys’ volleyball team came away with silver medals from their first tournament of the year: a one-day tournament hosted on Saturday at Barrhead Composite High School.

After five games the Westlock Thunderbirds are still winless, narrowly losing their first real home game at Friday Night Lights Sept. 28 to the Cold Lake Royals 28-26 in a back-and-forth slugfest.

For the last four years, Melissa Lotholz has devoted a large part of her life to the pursuit of making a bobsleigh go faster.

The Westlock Thunderbirds aren’t letting their early season record get them down and are excited to be playing at home for Friday Night Lights Sept. 28, said head coach Jon Kramer.

Hundreds of students from around the region converged on the Westlock Golf Club Sept. 20 to take part in a local sporting tradition that goes back decades. St.

The Westlock Thunderbirds aren’t letting their early season record get them down and are excited to be playing at home for Friday Night Lights Sept. 28, said head coach Jon Kramer.

A university-level hockey forward will return home to Calling Lake Sept. 23 when his team plays in the community as part of the Athabasca College Hockey Challenge.

Ann Crouser and Vivian Oko are among the best pickleball players in Canada after winning gold in the Women’s Doubles 70-plus category at the Canada 55- plus Games Aug. 21-24 in Saint John, N.B. “We got to meet some new people from other provinces.

R.F. Staples JV boys volleyball team came up just short of winning gold at their annual invitation junior varsity tournament Sept. 14-15, falling to the Thorhild Bulldogs in two close sets.