By Rob Vogt The Willow Creek Composite High School Cobras baseball team won the Southern Alberta Baseball League Tier III championship on the weekend in Oyen.Zak Wright was dominant on the hill, as the righty rang up 13 strikeouts in the Cobras 10-0 victory over the Crescent Heights High School Vikings of Medicine Hat on Saturday, May 31.Wright surrendered one … Read more…
By Frank McTighe Southwest United brought the first-ever 3A high school boys rugby sevens provincial championship home Saturday, May 24.United beat West Island College Wolves 33-17 in the championship game at St. Albert to win the 3A provincial title.Based in Fort Macleod, Southwest United has players from F.P. Walshe School, Willow Creek Composite High School in Claresholm, Matthew Halton High School … Read more…
By Mickey Dumont Local Journalism Initiative Reporter A $500,000 solar power project has been approved for installation on the Claresholm Arena roof.The Town of Claresholm council voted unanimously at its April 28 meeting to approve the $513,498 project. The solar power installation has an estimated payback period of 10 years and could realize annual utility savings of $75,387 at the … Read more…
By Rob Vogt The Willow Creek Composite High School baseball team turned in a dominating performance in a win against Vulcan last week.The Cobras hosted the County Central High School Hawks at Millennium Park on Tuesday, April 15, winning by a score of 11-0.Zak Wright struck out 14 batters to lead the Cobras, giving up one hit and no runs … Read more…
The birds have been flying at Willow Creek Composite High School as both the junior high and high school badminton seasons are well under way.The junior high zone qualifiers were in Lethbridge on April 12, with the following teams attending:• Boys singles, Cody Ellis and Jaxson Smith.• Boys doubles, Liam Schuler and Harry Cui; Brady Slovak and Rafa Kuswoyo; and … Read more…
By Rob Vogt It was chance to renew friendships, relive old memories, and engage in some friendly competition on the ice, all while raising funds for several worthy community organizations.The second Claresholm Thunder Alumni hockey tournament took to the ice from Friday, March 28 to Sunday, March 30 at Claresholm Arena.Opening ceremonies were held on Friday afternoon, emceed by Mike … Read more…
By Rob Vogt Just over a year ago, Alonso and Tomas Quinteros were just learning the game of hockey, and now they are on the verge of representing their native country of Chile in an international tournament.Alonso, 12, and Tomas, 10, have been invited to represent Chile on their Under-12 team at the Latam Cup, from Aug. 17 to 20 … Read more…