By Lucie Roy

Morinville – Local businesses, an Entrec picker truck, crane, and operator Matt Barnes combined to hit a home run for the ball diamonds at the Skyline Sports Field June 11 and 12…

By Morinville News Staff

Morinville – The Morinville Community High School (MCHS) Wolves returned to school Monday with a sixth place finish in the weekend’s 2013 Provincial Track & Field Championships, held in Calgary June 7 and 8. The school finished with 143 points, putting them in 6th place out of 50 3A teams competing this year. Twenty-one MCHS athletes competed in the event, the largest number to date. …

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Morinville – On Thursday May 23rd, the MCHS Track and Field Team returned from Foote Field in Edmonton as the 2013 Zone Track & Field Champions for yet another year, winning our 2nd Zone Championship in the last 3 years…

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – Although soggy fields delayed a start-of-season soccer camp, the Town is planning to reschedule the event for June 15 and 16. The two-day event will feature 90 minutes of instruction each day from some international talent…

By Morinville News Staff

Morinville – Though it is still months away, the Black Ice Volleyball Club is looking forward to their second season in front of the net. Started last fall, the club hit the courts with 20 players, enough for a U16 and a U15 team…

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – The Town’s deteriorating tennis courts, located at 100 Avenue and 101 Street, could be staying where they are after all now that Sturgeon School Division has put forth some more agreeable terms to help the Town restore the courts to a usable condition. Roots from the surrounding poplar trees have broken through the tennis court surface, creating tripping hazards and rendering the courts unusable. The division is looking to work with the town to restore the courts with existing budgeted monies….

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – The Town of Morinville is partnering with Rooke School of Karate to offer a three-hour introductory Ladies’ Self Defence class May 31 at the Rooke School of Karate (10301-100 Ave.)

Tyler Edworthy, Morinville’s Operations and Program Coordinator, said the idea for the class came from a talk with a Morinville High School Teacher who was looking to put something together for she and her friends…

By Morinville News Staff

Morinville – The Morinville Road Runners program has gone from strength to strength in recent years, growing from a handful of basketball players to more than 100 players this past season. Along the road, the Road Runners’ Midget Girls have accumulated three consecutive City and Provincial Championships and won more than 60 consecutive games…

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – The Town is hoping residents will put both feet forward Wednesday when they launch a free walking and running club on the same evening. The Walk With Us Club and Morinville Running Club start May 8 at the Morinville Fish and Game Association pond trail and will run for eight consecutive Wednesdays at 6:30 p.m…

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – The tragedy of a woman’s death will be used as the motivation for triumph – the triumph of completing a 5-kilometre run and the triumph of raising funds to provide safe shelter for victims of abuse. The Jessica Martel Memorial Run, set to take place June 23, pays tribute to the memory of Martel, killed by her common law husband in April of 2009…

By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – The Town’s deteriorating tennis courts, located at 100 Avenue and 101 Street, could be ripped up and replaced with new ones at Bob Foster Park or another location in town. The courts were approved for $120,000 worth of refurbishing in the 2013 budget; however, the Sturgeon School Division who now own the land the courts sit on have put forth a few conditions that would extend the costs beyond what was allotted for the project this year…

By Morinville News Staff

Morinville – The Junior B Morinville Jets gathered at the Morinville Curling Club Saturday night to reflect on the Capital Junior Hockey League’s 2012/2013 season. The annual year-end dinner and awards night was an opportunity to recognize the club’s accomplishments over the year, recognize the players that rose to the top, and pay further respect to the memory of Nick McRae (No. 11) who passed away in September of 2012…

Photos By Stephen Dafoe

Morinville – The Sturgeon Hockey Club held its annual awards Apr. 15 ahead of the organization’s Annual General Meeting. Eleven awards were handed out to acknowledge the efforts of the hockey club’s coaches and players during the 2012/2013 season. Below are this year’s award recipients…