Local Sports

Olympic bobsledder Melissa Lotholz was honoured by the County of Barrhead with a commemorative plaque at the council meeting April 17.

If a swim club’s success is measured by how much its swimmers improved over the course of the season, then the Barrhead Swim Club’s season was a roaring success.

The night was dedicated to the Humboldt Broncos.

Call it foreshadowing. Before Melissa Lotholz had officially joined the Canadian Bobsleigh team, she had a conversation with a friend of hers she met while running as part of the University of Alberta track team.

As with most trips, the planning starts a long time beforehand. For us, when we could see the potential that Melissa might be an athlete at the 2018 Winter games, we started staying home from our typical holidays and saving for it.

It has been a great year and a fantastic ride, says Barrhead Steelers head coach Allan Measures.

The future looks bright for the Pembina Ringette Association’s U12 C division team, the Orange Crush.

Still buzzing from their provincial ‘C’ title last weekend in Drumheller, the bantam Warriors doubled down to win the 1660 Hockey League Tier 1 banner, defeating the Stony Plain Predators 2-1 in the best-of-three series.

The Midget Warriors gave fans at the packed Rotary Spirit Centre a reason to cheer last week, as they became Tier 2 1660 Hockey League champions after defeating Wetaskiwin in a tight three-game series.

It was a long day for the Barrhead Elementary School (BES) indoor track team, but it was worth the effort. That is how the coaching staff and four members of the BES indoor track team characterized their effort at the Running Room Indoor Games.