League champions
The Claresholm Bantam Thunder won the Central Alberta Hockey League Tier-4 South Division championship with a 2-0 win in Lethbridge on Saturday, March 10.For related story please see page 11.
Sports
Cobras win zone opener
By Rob Vogt, Local Press Writer The Willow Creek Composite High School senior varsity girls basketball team opened the South Zone championship with a convincing win earlier this week. The Cobras travelled to Lethbridge College for the 2A South Zone championships and defeated Crowsnest Consolidated High School of the Crowsnest Pass by a score of 81-47 in their opener on … Read more…
Paving the track
The Claresholm Bantam Football Association recently received a $61,990 community initiatives program grant from the provincial government to pave the track at Willow Creek Composite High School. The bantam football association, soccer, Southern Alberta Summer Games, Town of Claresholm and Livingstone Range School Division got together on this project. From left are Jason Hemmaway, of bantam football; Logan Hemmaway, a … Read more…
Bantam Thunder draw first blood in playoffs
By Rob Vogt, Local Press Writer The Claresholm Bantam Thunder have taken a 1-0 lead in their best-of-three first-round playoff series in the Tier-4 South Division of the Central Alberta Hockey League. The Thunder hosted Pincher Creek on Saturday, Feb. 24, skating away with a 5-0 victory. Michael Billyard opened the scoring just 46 seconds into the game with an … Read more…
Two-time champion
Garrett Green, of Meeting Creek, Alberta, turned in this winning ride to win the fifth annual Chad Besplug Invitational Bull Riding at the Claresholm Agriplex on Saturday, Feb. 24. It was the second year in a row Green won the event. For full coverage please see page nine.
The West Meadow Olympiad
With the Winter Olympics taking place right now in Pyeongchang County, South Korea West Meadow Elementary School decided to hold their own Winter Olympics both inside and outdoors on Friday, Feb. 16, featuring everything from curling and a flag relay, to speed skating, skiing, biathlon and much, much more. Here are Tyce DeJong, Zoey Chiasson, Jewel Simpson, and Shaya Davis … Read more…
Cobra girls host annual basketball tournament
By Rob Vogt, Local Press Writer The Willow Creek Composite High School senior varsity girls’ basketball team played three tough games in their home tournament this past weekend. The Cobras welcomed teams from Fort Macleod, Eagle Butte, Edmonton, Kainai, Picture Butte, Foremost and Pincher Creek for their annual Cobra Classic basketball tournament on Feb. 16 and 17. Claresholm opened the … Read more…