Local Sports

There’s a first time for everything. And for girls who have never skated, or done so with a ringette stick in their hand, the chance to do that is coming up Sept. 9 at the Come Try Ringette camp.

The Westlock Thunderbirds are back on the gridiron having already playing an exhibition game against the Bellerose Composite High School Bulldogs in St. Albert Aug. 31.

It was as dramatic and suspenseful as a Hollywood movie.

For a second-straight year and the fifth time in the last six, the Westlock Grey Lions are the Alberta West Central Baseball Association (AWCBA) champions.

The focus is on having fun says Pro North Hockey Camp coach Steve Klein. That was the gist of the message delivered to the Barrhead Leader regarding the Pro North Hockey Camp at the Barrhead Agrena Aug. 14 to Aug.

Close to 1,000 athletes decended on Boneyard OCR, near Peanut Lake to compete in Wilderness, X-Warrior Challenge Aug. 26. Depending on the category athletes had to traverse a 5.75 kilometre trail run with over 20 obstacles along the way.

The temperatures for Barrhead’s Blue Heron Fair Days might have hovering around 30 degrees, but for Melissa Lotholz all she could think about was ice. Not ice to cool off, but ice from the bottom of a bobsled.

It pays to check your e-mail. At least it did in Ty Steinbring’s case. If he hadn’t, the 17 year-old Barrhead golfer might not have gotten the chance to represent his country as part of Team Canada in the Euro Junior Cup in St.

The Westlock Grey Lions are a win away from the Alberta West Central Baseball Association championship. The club’s 11-10 victory over the Spruce Grove Eagles Aug.

Two weeks ago, the Westlock Red Lions’ season teetered on a knife’s edge. Now, following a single-game playoff victory and back-to-back weekend wins over the Stony Plain Mets, the club will play for a North Central Alberta Baseball League title.