Athletes from around the province prepare for the Alberta Winter Games

Athletes from around the province are gearing up to head to the Lakeland Region for the Alberta Winter Games from February 13th to 16th.

The Opening Ceremony will be held on February 13th inside the Imperial Oil Arena at the Cold Lake Energy Centre at 7:30pm. Around 2400 athletes, coaches, and officials will participate in the event.

18 different sports events will take place over the four days, including Alpine Skiing, Figure and Speed Skating, Hockey, Wrestling, and more.

Lloydminster contingent:

  • Knoxs Eidsvik – Archery
  • Luke Nault – Archery
  • Juliet Kachuk – Artistic Gymnastics
  • Dylan Blanchette – Female Hockey
  • Bauer Nygren – Female Hockey
  • Holly Nygren – Female Hockey
  • Palmer Rivett – Female Hockey
  • Chole Roberge – Female Hockey
  • Paetyn Seguin – Female Hockey
  • Sydney Vidal – Female Hockey
  • Kabree Weber – Female Hockey
  • Braylee Young – Female Hockey
  • Paxton Turcotte – Speed Skating
  • Benjamin Swiderski – Speed Skating
  • Quinn Daschuk – 15U Female Volleyball
  • Aspyn Klimek – 15U Female Volleyball
  • Lochlan Klimek – 15U Male Volleyball

Blackfoot:

  • Lenix Way – Female Hockey
  • Kenley Cockrum – Speed Skating

Elk Point:

  • Mikey L’Heureux – Wrestling

Frog Lake athletes will be involved in Wrestling:

  • Zayda Cardinal
  • Isaiah Lewis
  • April Morris
  • Benjamin Morris
  • Lauren Morris
  • Cornell Nsayi

Hardisty:

  • Maris Amundson – Female Hockey

Hughenden:

  • Harper Pearson – Female Hockey

Irma:

  • Runa Erickson – 15U Female Volleyball

Mallaig:

  • Brayden Dubeau – Male Hockey
  • Kaycee Feland – Male Hockey
  • Brody Martin – Volleyball

Rivercourse:

  • Daelyn Kuzyk – Female Hockey

Vermilion:

  • Jonas Kralkay – 15U Male Volleyball

Wainwright:

  • Aurora Burden – Artistic Gymnastics
  • Kaycee Nanias – Artistic Gymnastics
  • Ryhe Miller – Female Hockey
  • Harper Rogers – Female Hockey

Sport schedules and venues may be viewed here.

More winter sport action is also slated to take place later this month with the Saskatchewan Winter Games happening from February 15th to the 21st.

Nikki Ritchot
Nikki Ritchot
Nikki joined The Ranch 106.5 team as a news reporter in September of 2023. In addition to her news reports, you can occasionally hear her live filling in for the Big JD on the Trading Post. Nikki and her family moved to Vegreville in 2022, where she, her husband Jeff Dyck, and son Gabriel bought their very first house. Nikki really loves fall and multiple daily trips to Tim Hortons.

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