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Brooke Young's time skating at the local ice rink in Calling Lake is paying dividends.

Westlock’s Britannie Ouimet has finished her freshman year with Limestone College in South Carolina after competing in the National Collegiate Athletics Association’s (NCAA) Division II Women’s Lacrosse Tournament.

After a nine-year career in the trenches of the Canadian Football League, highlighted by a Grey Cup title in 2015, 34-year-old Simeon Rottier is hanging up his helmet … for the time being.

Westlock’s Simeon Rottier was back in his hometown to lend a hand to the Thunderbirds coaching staff last week and provide a little inspiration for the up-and-coming athletes. “I just came out for my annual visit to come coach during spring training.

The Grey Lions roared into the 2018 Alberta West Central Baseball Association regular season, crushing the Edmonton Blues 11-1 in five innings May 8 while ending the week with a 16-0 May 11 blowout of the Edmonton Pirates.

Provincials can be a very tough tournament series, says Barrhead Composite High School (BCHS) badminton coach Steven Kaplan.

A young Barrhead dancer has a chance to represent Alberta following her recent provincial championship.

The Neerlandia Sports Committee is hoping to break ground on a new outdoor ice rink this fall.

It was just another science class at R.F. Staples School for Ashton McNelly until he got a text from the Swift Current Broncos telling him he was their 10th round selection in the Western Hockey League’s May 3 Bantam Draft.

The Westlock Red Lions are proud 2017 North Central Alberta Baseball League (NCABL) champions, but aren’t taking anything for granted heading into the new baseball season.