Sports

Kolby Camille, 6, does a run on the pylons as other kids learn the basics of riding and safety at the Tim Hortons Bike Rodeo in the Canadian Tire parking lot Saturday.

The BC High School Rodeo Finals are being held in Williams Lake from June 9-12, 2011 and it is the first time in the history of high school rodeo in B.C. (since 1969) that we will be hosting the event.

The Red Dog Slo-Pitch League hosted its icebreaker tournament over the weekend. Here, Rippers player Nick Surette pitches against Sticks and Stones in semi-final action.

Despite a very muddy road from Alexis Creek up to the Chilcotin Rod and Gun Club Range, a small village of travel trailers assembled for the 40th Annual Forest Service Alexis Creek Trap Shoot, held Saturday, May 28.

Williams Lake’s Kyle Lemky makes his first loop around the course during the Dirty Knobby cross-country motorcycle event, held Saturday by the Williams Lake Off Road Motorcycle Association.

Black Press newspaper reporters and readers from across B.C. live-chat the Stanley Cup playoffs.

Competing and contesting in a sport where you have to pay an entry fee seems to bring out the will to try harder in most people; the sport of rodeo — even more so as the competitors usually bear all of the expenses involved themselves.

Representatives of the Central Interior Hockey League voted to accept applications from the Quesnel Kangaroos and the Lac La Hache Tomahawks to join the league for the 2011-12 season, and created three divisions for the new season’s schedule.

On Sunday, June 12 the Williams Lake Cycling Club will be hosting the fourth annual Pedal by the Puddle mountain biking event.

Hundreds of racing fans at Williams Lake’s Thunder Mountain Speedway were in for a treat Saturday as the ARCA West OK Tire Challenge Series cars lit up the track.