Local Sports

The community’s passion for the rodeo is the reason it comes back every year, according to both the president of the Lakeland Rodeo Association, Cory Dunlop, and the president of the St. Paul Ag Society, Doug Drolet.

Local football teams have hit the field for practices ahead of the regular season. While the Bandits and Voyageurs have around 25 players each, the Renegades will see 36 athletes joining their roster.

At 56-years-old, Paul St. Amant isn’t about to slow down. Just 12 years after completing his first marathon in Regina, SK in 2007, the Bonnyville runner crossed the finish line on his 50th marathon this summer in Dawson City, YK.

The fourth annual Tee Off MS charity golf tournament was a sold out affair with 36 teams entered in the Aug. 16 event at the St. Paul Golf Course.

The 10 th anniversary weekend at B3 Motocross Park south of Spedden had an impressive turnout with 187 entries on both Aug. 17 and Aug. 18.

The wait for Bonnyville’s drag racing debut is almost over. The Bonnyville Gear Grabbers are putting the final touches on the inaugural Bonnyville Drag Races happening at the Bonnyville Regional Airport on Saturday, Aug. 24 and Saturday, Sept. 14.

The Lac La Biche Dodgers peewee baseball team won silver last weekend at the Alberta Indigenous Games in Edmonton. The Games ran from August 11-17 and featured events from archery and track and field to lacrosse, baseball, basketball and ball hockey.

The Cold Lake Fighter Jets are fighting the Alberta Football League's (AFL) decision to pull them from the playoff tournament. On Aug.

Two Lakeland FC soccer teams went for the goal and brought home gold. The tier three U13 and U15 boys both finished first during their provincial tournaments on Saturday, Aug. 10 and Sunday, Aug. 11.

“Baseball is the great equalizer. It will make you humble because any team can beat any other team on any given day.