Local Sports

The Beaverlodge Royals didn't play as well as they would have liked at a tournament in Westlock this past weekend, but the senior men's baseball team had the opportunity to face some high-caliber pitching and get their bats working.

It was a full three days of golf for the 304 oilmen at the 48th annual Petroleum Association Golf Tournament. Lou Legault beat out Travis Eggers in the championship flight at Lakepoint Golf and Country Club on Saturday.

Competitors from around the region raced through clouds of dust at the Fort St. John Motocross Track Sunday

The Dawson Creek Mixed Slo-Pitch League has been given the green light from the City of Dawson Creek to start construction on a playground where youngsters will be able to enjoy themselves while their siblings or parents are batting the slo-pitch bal

Dawson Creek has a couple of budding rodeo stars just itching to move from the Wrangler circuit to the high school circuit.

Dawson Creek high school rodeo competitors got one last tune-up in front of a home-town crowd before heading off to next week's provincial finals in Merritt.

The Dawson Creek Athletic Association is looking for two more teams to fill out this coming weekend's Cash Scramble.

Dawson Creek athletes helped set some of the 19 new records established at the 20th annual Alaska Highway News Track and Field Meet in Fort St. John Saturday.

Around 90 archers competed at the New Totem Archery Club's annual outdoor 3D Archery Tournament on the weekend. Susan Janzen only got her bow two months ago and won the Ladies Traditional category with 392 points.

The Cecil Lake Norwest Thunder had two close games against the Grimshaw Huskies at home yesterday. The Huskies beat the Thunder 4-1 in the first game and 5-1 in the second game, marking vast improvement for the Thunder.