Local Sports

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.

Young local musicians took to the stage in front of hundreds of their peers to prove their musical mettle at Edwin Parr Composite School’s (EPC) annual Battle of the Bands May 4. Ten musical acts in total competed at the event in the EPC gym.

Athabasca students Taylor Pente and Julia Cygan competed together at the Alberta Provincial Badminton Championships May 4-5 and said they were happy with how they finished despite not reaching the podium.

The Heartwood Folk Club ended its spring 2018 season with a wide-ranging performance by the Dana Wylie Trio May 4.

Soccer season has arrived in Athabasca once again as local teams kicked off their first games of the year May 7. Teams ranging from U7 to U19 are beginning their seasons across local, tri-county and Edmonton-based leagues after weeks of preparation.