By Rob Vogt, Local Press Writer When Sofia Hoff was in elementary school she watched her sisters Eden and Siena play rugby. “I was just waiting until the day I could play,” she said. Hoff played her first game in Grade 6 and, from those simple beginnings, has put together an exceptional career. Suiting up with the F.P. Walshe Flyers of … Read more…
High school rodeo finals By Rob Vogt, Local Press Writer Claresholm has produced not one but two provincial high school rodeo champions this year. The Alberta High School Rodeo Association provincial finals took place in Ponoka from June 1 to 3, and Grady Smeltzer won the bull riding while Kelby Keeley won the goat tying. Smeltzer turned in three rides … Read more…
Head first Alf Hieb, a member of Team Extreme of Claresholm, beats the throw to third in a game on Friday night, June 8. It was all part of the Granum Fire Department’s annual slo-pitch tournament, held June 8 to 10, at the ball diamond at Granview Park. The tournament attracted eight teams with the Beavers of Claresholm emerging as … Read more…
The Claresholm Lions Club golf tournament on Sunday, June 3, at the Bridges at Claresholm Golf Club drew participants from across the region, including Eldon Hubka, here teeing off, of the Carmangay Lions. He was part of a foursome that also included Carmangay Lions Derrick Annable and Dan Greene, and Vulcan Lion Scott Mitchell.
By Rob Vogt, Local Press Writer It was another weekend of thrills and excitement at the Stavely Arena as the 61st Indoor Pro Rodeo took centre stage. The rodeo took place on May 10, 11, and 12, and when all the dust settled, the winners were: Saddle bronc riding First, Clay Elliott, Nanton, 87.5 points; Second, Dawson Hay, Wildwood, 82; … Read more…
By Rob Vogt, Local Press Writer A local figure skater continues to make strides in his sport, taking gold and bronze medals at a recent competition in Calgary. Ethan Scott, 14, who is in Grade 8 at Willow Creek Composite High School, turned in his best scores of the season on March 18, winning the free skate and taking third … Read more…
After weather wreaked havoc with the high school baseball schedule for much of April, the Willow Creek Composite High School Cobras boys’ baseball team finally hit the diamond for three games last week at their home field, Millennium Park in the north end of Claresholm. The Cobras defeated the Kainai Warriors on Monday, April 23, before losing to J.T. Foster … Read more…