Local Sports

In order for an athlete to qualify for the Wildrose Rodeo Association finals, they need to finish the season as one of the Top 10 point leaders in their event.

Wildrose Rodeo Association (WRA) finals organizers are promising four days of exciting rodeo action with the best talent northern Alberta has to offer, including a number of locals. From Sept.

The Westlock Thunderbirds returned to the gridiron last week only to be handed their second loss in as many games to begin the 2018 Wheatland Football League season. The Thunderbirds travelled all the way to Lloydminster Sept.

A total of 120 people — among them, many who are helping friends and family through cancer — came out to the ninth annual Road to Hope Fundraiser at the Athabasca Golf and Country Club Sept. 6.

The Lou Rondeau Alumni Volleyball tournament means different things to different people. For the alumni, it’s a chance to catch up, reminisce and swap stories of their youth.

If you think you have what it takes to be a member of the Westlock Warriors, this is your golden opportunity.

Despite a disappointing Wheatland Football League season opener, the Westlock Thunderbirds are keeping their spirits high and focusing on the positives following a 35-0 Aug. 30 loss to the St. Paul Lions in Fort Saskatchewan.

Bessie Stevens might just have returned home from the Canada 55 Plus games in St. John, New Brunswick, with a medal around her neck, but she is already planning her next trip to Kamloops, in 2020.

It’s been a long road back to the mats for Haley Heffel.

By the time the 4 p.m. starting horn blared and the flag dropped, 19 drivers had signed up for entry into what is arguably the most popular spectacle at the annual Westlock and District Agricultural Fair — the demolition derby.