Local Sports

Rob Rau lit up every room he walked into and brought a smile to the face of everyone he met, both on and off the field. That’s the message friends and family had for their fallen comrade, who died June 23, 2017 after a lengthy battle with cancer.

For the last 16 years, in some form, the Battenfelder family has been hosting an off highway vehicle (OHV) event.

Some people might find it odd that a man in his 60s would decide to not only take up a new sport, but to do so at the professional level, but for Danny Smoole it did not seem to be that much of a stretch.

R.F. Staples and St. Mary track and field athletes managed three Top 10 finishes at the Alberta School Athletic Association Track and Field Provincial Championships June 1-2. At Lindsay Thurber Comprehensive High School in Red Deer, R.F.

Four Westlock Gators won medals as the Aquatic Centre was packed to the gills June 2 for the Fred Morie Invitational Swim Meet, the first of the season for the ‘B’ region in the Alberta Summer Swimming Association.

When Michael McLean played hockey as a youth in Barrhead, running was a means to an end.

Just because most of the athletes that compete in the senior rodeo circuit qualify for the senior rate when going to their favourite restaurant doesn’t mean they can’t rodeo anymore.

Edwin Parr Composite School (EPC) students pushed their physical limits as they competed at the annual Junior High Track and Field Day May 24.

Seven R.F. Staples and St. Mary senior high students have qualified for the Alberta Schools’ Athletic Association Track and Field Provincial Championships June 1-2 in Red Deer. At the North Central Track and Field Zones May 22 in Edmonton, R.F.

It took four games, but the Red Lions posted their first win of the North Central Alberta Baseball League season, defeating the Edmonton Primeaus 6-1 May 24 before sweeping the Sturgeon Paladins in a May 27 doubleheader at Keller Field.