Local Sports

St. Paul RCMP hosted its 33rd annual RCMP Road Race last Thursday, with participants from 12 northern Alberta schools coming out to compete in the 12 mile relay run. St.

Local 15-year-old baseball player Nathan Davies has been taking his game to the AA level, and making the trip to Sherwood Park on a regular basis to compete as a member of the Athletics.

The Lakeland Ladykillers roller derby team is excited for the upcoming season. The team will kick off the 2013 campaign on May 11 when they travel to Fort McMurray for a bout with the Tar Sand Betties.

The full six-page Local Hockey Legends 2013 Stanley Cup Playoffs edition can be found in this week’s issue of the Journal.

Rick Swan has been named the new head coach and general manager of the Bonnyville Pontiacs, after signing a three-year deal with the organization on Friday afternoon. Swan spent the 2012 season as an associate coach and assistant GM to Chad Mercier.

The École Mallaig Stingers handball teams both had a successful weekend on the courts in St. Paul at the 2013 Alberta Schools Athletic Association provincial championships this weekend.

Twenty-five students from École du Sommet competed at the Centre Est Championnat de Lutte wrestling tournament and more than half of them earned top three finishes. “I was very pleased at the flow of the day.

After spending the past seven years at the helm of the Bonnyville Jr. A Pontiacs, Chad Mercier officially resigned from the organization this past week, saying the timing was right for both himself and the team to part ways.

April 21 to 27 is National Volunteer Week, which is a week set aside to recognize volunteers’ contributions in communities across Canada.

The Mallaig Stingers handball teams clinched zone championships in Bonnyville on Saturday, with both the boys and girls teams going undefeated to set the stage for provincials, which will be hosted by Ecole Mallaig School at Glen Avon and St.