Local Sports

The Barrhead Midget Orioles have only played the first half of the season, but they are already making plans for an extended week-long trip to Cuba.

The Westlock U14 Wild has had a busy summer, taking gold in Edmonton June 9-11 on the heels of sweeping the Edmonton Blue Crew tournament in Edmonton June 3-4.

For the first time in its 18-year history, not a single golfer finished the Westlock Rotary Club’s Jean Duteau Memorial Golf Tournament.

An R.F. Staples School student is heading south of the border this fall to play field lacrosse at an American college. Eighteen-year-old Britannie Ouimet received a scholarship to play at Limestone College in Gaffney, South Carolina.

The Westlock Aquatic Centre was packed June 3 for the ninth annual Fred Morie Invitational Swim Meet.

It is that time of year again.

Footworks Dance Academy can add another trophy to its collection. Dancers participated in a festival called ‘Dance Strong’ in St. Albert May 3 - 7 and Mikaela Widdup, one of the dancers involved, says it was a great way to end the season.

One local teen gets a chance to attend Harbour Dance Centre in the coming months.

After a scoreless first inning, the Barrhead Bantam Orioles exploded for eight runs in the second, while on route to a 13-6 home victory, May 27, against Whitecourt.

A Westlock wrestler is back in the ring after a knee injury shelved her for 15 months.