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The Fort Macleod Volleyball Club is vibrant as it enters its 35th season. The league is predicting growth in the…Continue Reading

A Fort Macleod alumni hockey tournament that raised close to $100,000 for charity its first two years has been put…Continue Reading

Fort Macleod rugby player Michael McTighe experienced one of the highlights of his sports career last month when he joined…Continue Reading

Coming off a strong rookie season, Jason Creighton is intent on playing a bigger role with the Coaldale Copperheads. Creighton,…Continue Reading

Coming off a strong season, Fort Macleod’s Jamie Brown will shoulder an increased load this season with the Lethbridge College Kodiaks. The 20-year-old Brown will be captain of the women’s volleyball team for the 2019-’20 Alberta Colleges Athletic Association season. “We lost a couple of seniors who were very influential on the court,” said Brown,…Continue Reading

When Sofia Hoff was in elementary school she watched her older sisters Eden and Sienna play rugby with the F.P.…Continue Reading

The Fort Macleod Triathlon will take place about a month earlier than it has the past 16 years. The popular swim, bike, run event was moved to Saturday, July 13 from its traditional August date to avoid problems caused by late summer forest fires. “The last two years the air quality has been horrible,” organizer…Continue Reading

F.P. Walshe school honoured a pair of Grade 12 students last week as its top athletes. Haley Cervo and Isaiah…Continue Reading

ANDREW WALMSLEY, GAZETTE CONTRIBUTOR On Monday night the F.P. Walshe Flyers girls rugby team travelled to Lethbridge to take on Winston Churchill Griffins in the Tier 2 zone championship game. The Flyers had earned the first seed going into the game based on their 5-1 record in league play, while Churchill had upset second-place Chinook…Continue Reading