Local Sports

Earlier this month, male athletes from Vilna School, that play on a combined team with H.A. Kostash out of Smoky Lake, participated at the provincial rugby championships in Edmonton.

Two former Bonnyville Bandits and Voyageurs have made the jump to junior football and will be playing with the Saskatoon Hilltops of the Canadian Junior Football League's Prairie Football Conference.

After 30 years, an influential teacher and coach will be retiring from the Lakeland Catholic School District.

The St. Paul Bantam Bengals have officially finished spring training season after a successful home jamboree this past weekend where the team took on Spruce Grove, Leduc and Drumheller.

St. Paul Regional high school capped an impressive year in sports, which included two provincial banners and others in SPAA and zones, by honouring its student athletes at the annual awards banquet last Wednesday evening.

After a thrilling weekend at the Lakeland Cup in Vermilion, two Lac La Biche soccer teams will be heading to the provincial tournament. The U18 girls and the U18 boys both won gold and will represent Lac La Biche in Edson on July 8.

The first annual Kleinmann Cup Charity Golf Classic, which took place at the Bonnyville Golf and Country Club this past Saturday, was a huge hit, raising an estimated $25,000 towards an emergency services training facility in Bonnyville.

Racette won the junior SPAA track and field banner last week after finishing first in the combined team scores category with 1,033 points. Glen Avon and Glendon finished in second and third with 956 and 926 points, respectively. “It was tight.

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It was quite the year of accomplishments for several members of the Bonnyville Karate-Do. Irene Welecki was named the Genbukai Canada competitor of the year, inducted into the Genbukai Canada hall of fame and received her second degree black belt.