Local Sports

Both Bonnyville high schools will have representatives at the badminton zone championships next month, after several players qualified at districts this past Thursday.

For some, it was a blast from the past. For others, it was as if they had never left. Celebrating 47 years of basketball, Ashmont hosted its alumni basketball tournament this weekend.

In Grade 7, a 12-year-old Justine Bouchard, inspired by her school’s French teacher, made the decision that she wanted to become a wrestler. Now she is one match away from qualifying for the 2012 Olympic games in London, England.

The 2011 Cold Lake Middle School Badminton Classic, which took place this past Saturday, was a complete success according to players and organizers.

An NHL hockey legend and a star of the local college hockey scene will be speaking to a full house this Friday night, as the 11th annual Portage College Sports and Education Dinner has officially sold out of tickets.

Several St. Paul minor hockey players tried out for the Zone 2 U-16 Alberta Cup and in the end one player from St. Paul, Ryley Wozniak earned a spot on the Northeast Flyers in this year’s bantam tournament.

Trailers and horses could be seen lined all the way down the sides of the Ag Corral this weekend as St. Paul hosted over 400 high school rodeo stars from all across Alberta in the 14th Annual St. Paul High School Rodeo. The rodeo was put on The St.

The Cenovus fieldhouse was packed with volleyball players from across the province, including the Lac La Biche Warriors girls volleyball team, who landed in fifth spot in last weekend’s Warriors Crusade volleyball club tournament at the Bold Center.

Members of the Bonnyville Karate-Do took home 25 medals from the Genbukai Canada karate championship held in Lloydminster this past weekend.

After a season of team roping in the Canadian Intercollegiate Rodeo Association, two local cowboys emerged at the top of the standings.