Local Sports

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.

A well attended football bantam spring camp, one of the top-five defensive linemen and last year’s top rusher in the quarterback spot have the Westlock Thunderbirds in high hopes this year.

The Barrhead Light Horse Club hosted a performance event May 20 at the Agricultural Society Barn.

It has taken a long time for Heidi Peters to not only become comfortable with who she is but to come to love herself.

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.