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The Westlock Grey Lions' season is over. After a heartbreaking 7-6 loss in extra innings at home in Game 1 against the Edmonton Heat Aug.

It was not the stellar ending the Westlock Red Lions were hoping for, but the defending North Central Alberta Baseball League champions are in good spirits going into the playoffs after dropping a 5-3 loss to the third place Edmonton Blackhawks Aug.

The Bellz Edge Hockey Camp skates into Westlock Aug. 12-18 for a sixth-consecutive year. “It’s for anybody ages five to 16 who just wants to get better at hockey and have some fun. There’s really no limit,” said camp founder Gordon Bell.

The Westlock Red Lions played what was probably their most important game of their North Central Alberta Baseball League season last week, earning a win and clinching a spot in the post season. The Red Lions travelled to St.

The Barrhead and District Agricultural Society has gone to great effort to make sure this year’s annual Blue Heron Fair Days has something for everyone, but president Randy Schmidt said at the heart of the event is the rodeo.

Canada is a diverse country. That is what Darragh O’Riordan, the lead instructor for Challenger Sports British Soccer Camps is finding as he travels the nation.

The Athabasca Golf and Country Club hosted 124 golfers from across the province for its annual Men's Open tournament July 28-29. However, it would be Coulton Sheets who would emerge victorious in stroke play, winning his first Men's Open title.

Two softball players from Westlock are coming off a great season playing for the Calahoo Erins U-16 softball team, winning gold at provincials and silver at the Alberta Summer Games.

A Westlock teen scored a pair of medals at the 2018 Alberta Summer Games, which ran July 19-22 in Grande Prairie.

The 2018 Football Canada Cup went down in Calgary July 16-22 with a familiar face from Barrhead patrolling the defensive line for the Alberta team.