Local Sports

Lacrosse has made its way into the Bonnyville sports scene. The Lakeland Heat played the Vermilion Roar in an exhibition match on May 10 to gauge the interest in lacrosse within Bonnyville.

The St. Paul bantam age boys have enough members to form two teams this year. St. Paul bantam 1 has won all three games so far this season. The first was a friendly season opener between the two bantam teams.

The St. Paul Lions roared to life this past week with a testing night on Thursday, followed by offensive linemen and defensive back training over the weekend.

Four Northeast Alberta Track and Field Club (NEAT) athletes came home with medals from the Calgary Spring Challenge and Combined Events Championship at Glenmore Athletic Park on the weekend.

Seven volleyball teams from the Lac La Biche region participated in ATB Financial’s volleyball tournament at J.A. Williams high school last weekend to raise money for the Stollery Children’s hospital in Edmonton.

A rejuvenated Bonnyville Voyageurs football squad came into spring season hungry for even more success this year, but will be up against tough competition, according to head coach Brian Walsh.

The Bonnyville Bandits junior football team's spring season kicked off this past week and players have already started to impress the coaches with their speed and skill.

Coach Ian MacGillivray hopes handball will catch on in the area after the Mallaig School Tier II boys came home with the Alberta Schools Athletic Association provincial championship.

The Centennial Arena in Lac La Biche was transformed from a hockey rink to a rodeo arena last weekend for the Lac La Biche Spring Classic Indoor Rodeo, with hundreds of fans packing the arena.

Badminton zones took place this past Monday in Cold Lake as a qualifier for provincials, which take place May 6-7 in Strathmore, Alberta.