Brooks man enjoys trip of a lifetime
Mark Enns is a man who likes a challenge. Last year he took part in a cycling adventure in Thailand. This year he climbed Mount Kilimanjaro and followed it up with three weeks of cycling in north and east Tanzania.
“It just sounded very interesting. I actually booked the bicycle trip first,” he said.
Enns was reading information on the excursion when he noticed it would go by Kilimanjaro.
“I went, hang on, I can’t go all that way and not climb the mountain so I added this on before the bike trip. It was something different, unique and I think the best trip I have ever done in my life.”
The mountain was good in its own way but the bike trip I could talk for six hours on. It was just most the amazing trip,” he said. | Read Full Story>  |
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Lady Roadrunners roll to zone volleyball title
Brooks Junior High School senior girls volleyball team came away with a 4-J zone championship in Strathmore this past weekend.
The tournament involved teams from Sundre, Okotoks Junior High School, Canmore, John Paul II (Okotoks), Brooks Junior High School and the host Crowther Memorial Junior High from Strathmore.
The Roadrunners’ pool included John Paul II from Okotoks and last year’s champions from Canmore.
In their first match of the day, the Roadrunners faced John Paul II. The first set of the day found the Roadrunners in an early 2-9 deficit. However, strong serving by setter Katelyn Schlosser and steady passing by grade nine players Lara Roth and Rachel Martens helped the Roadrunners get back into the match. It was a back and forth battle with the Roadrunners fighting to a 26-24 victory. In the second set, the Roadrunners put together a great team effort flying out to a 12-3 lead. It was now John Paul II’s turn to fight back, and they did. They made the Roadrunners work for every point. In the end the Roadrunners took the set and match 25-22. | | Read Full Story> |
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Composite Buffalos provincial bound
The Brooks Buffalos football team won the right to represent southern Alberta in the Tier 3 Provincial championship game next weekend in Edmonton by virtue of a 49-0 drubbing of the Winston Churchill Bulldogs this past Saturday at BJHS field.
The Buffalos offence churned out 418 yards along the ground and the defense pitched their second consecutive shutout of the playoffs to earn the victory over the Lethbridge based team.
This will be the Buffalos first trip back to the provincial championship game since 1997 when the team downed Edmonton’s Austin O’Brien by a score of 31-30. | | Read Full Story> |
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