Local Sports

Three members of the Mallaig girl’s handball team have stepped their game up to the next level, and are currently sharpening their skills in Aarhus, Denmark with the Alberta handball team. Baylee Jeffery, Seleena Hebert and Haley Ozga left St.

Baseball. It's a sport like no other. There's no running clock, very few high-speed collisions, no breakaways or two-on-ones.

Local strong man Elijah Hall continued his dominance in northern Alberta with a first place finish at the Fifth Oilsands Classic at the Casman Centre in Fort McMurray on Aug 3.

The St. Paul Golf Club held its annual Club Championship on Sunday, and despite the stormy weather 39 participants came out to compete for the title.

The Bonnyville Braves AA midget team will represent Alberta at the Western Baseball Championships later this month in Swift Current, after capturing the Tier 1 provincial title in Lacombe on July 28.

Local athlete Nicole Kitt will be representing the Northeast Alberta Track and Field Club at the 2013 Canadian Youth Legion Track and Field Championships in Langley, B.C. from Aug. 9-11.

Kids often jest about who has the strongest dad on the block, but for David, Daniel and Austin Hall, it’s not even a question.

Tough decisions will have to be made this year at the Bonnyville Jr. A Pontiacs 2013 training camp as head coach and general manager Rick Swan feels the team has a great group of players set to attend.

Local sprint car racer Joey Duperron and his Duperron Racing Team stepped it up a level last weekend for the Gold Cup at Castrol Raceway in Edmonton, finishing 11th out of 36 racers despite driving in a lower-class vehicle.

St. Paul’s Nathan Davies picked up a provincial tier III bronze medal with the Sherwood Park Midget AA Athletics on July 21.