Sports

The Ponoka Warriors volleyball team finished fourth out of 10 teams at the U14 girls tournament held at St. Augustine School on April 18 and 19.

Lori Radke grew up in Ponoka and was recently awarded the 2008 Investors Group Amateur Athletes Fund Bursary and made the 2008 Canadian Wheelchair basketball team.

The ice is now gone signaling the completion of the 2007/2008 season at the Ponoka Curling Club. The league coordinators, along with the rest of the executive, put in many volunteer hours in order to ensure the best possible season for the entire membership.

Eric Dortman was the focus of opponents as he led the Ponoka Composite High School senior boy’s basketball team this season. Next year he will be competing at the college level and will hit the floor for the Red Deer College Kings.

Four courageous Ponoka women are walking to make a difference in the Weekend To End Breast Cancer on Aug. 8 to 10 in Edmonton.