Local Sports

Just a few weeks into the season, the Lac La Biche U18 Lightning Queens girls soccer club already has a gold medal in the bag. The team was in Sherwood Park for a tournament last weekend, where the girls emerged victorious after a lengthy gold medal match against the host team that required nine rounds of penalty kicks to determine a winner.

The Lac La Biche U-12 Girls (in yellow) were hosting St. Paul in league play tonight at the Hervey Marchildon Fields at the KC Grounds. The Lac La Biche girls were on their way to a win late in the game after two goals late in the first half.

A couple of local organizations are hoping to raise some green by hitting the greens at the Lac La Biche Golf and Country Club next month. The Region One Aboriginal Business Association is hosting its second annual golf tournament on June 4, followed by Hope Haven's 23rd annual Lynne Lambert Memorial Golf Tournament on June 13.

A highlight-reel goal scored in Lloydminster, which was plastered on Sportscentre all across North America, will be one of the many ways Bonnyville Jr. A Pontiacs fans remember Mitch Fritz.

The Racette Raiders have quite a knack of coming out on top in running events in the community.

Hopefuls for the 2015 St. Paul Lions senior high football team have been hard at work on the gridiron since May 7, with the goal of making a positive impression on the coaching staff.

Local chuckwagon driver Kris Flanagan is weeks away from his sophomore year, a season that will be hard pressed to top his impressive rookie campaign.

Although it was only opening weekend for the Bonnyville Braves midget AA baseball team, the local squad looked to be in peak form following a number of blowout victories in Bonnyville this past weekend.

This past week marked the 64th anniversary of mental health week, a national occasion that encourages Canadians of all ages to not only become more aware of different mental health issues across the country, but also to inspire them to live a mentall

Gleeful enthusiasm and intensity was palpable in all four corners of the Centre Communautaire gymnasium last Thursday as Grade 3 to 6 students from four francophone schools stepped onto the mat to participate in the fifth Conseil Scolaire Centre-Est