Local Sports

The Olds High School (OHS) Spartans senior girls' basketball team faces some challenges as they prepare to host their home tournament next month. During the Jan.

The Sundre Curling Club recently hosted a dozen teams that came to play in the annual seniors' bonspiel. Compared with the past few years, that was an average turnout, said Rob Lang, a volunteer who helps out wherever he can.

INNISFAIL – The recent snowfall has been a welcome sight for local skiers. The Innisfail Nordic Ski Club has already hit the trails this year. “We have started our season.

INNISFAIL - The Innisfail Skating Club has been practising several times a week since the start of its season last October.

Student athletes have a great opportunity to not only make lifelong friends and memories, but to also gain valuable skills for the working world, an Olympic and professional athlete says.

Local Olds High School student Kobi Chant recently competed at a national ice dancing competition in Edmonton and earned a bronze medal. Chant, 16, has been skating for 13 years and during the Dec.

Local throwing athlete Haylin Eling turned in a "stellar performance," during a track and field meet in Edmonton, coach Rachel Andres says.

Two-time medal-winning Olympic athlete and professional hockey player Brianne Jenner has a bone to pick with the news media regarding how female hockey players are interviewed.

The Sundre novice Huskies nearly managed to take top spot at their recent home tournament. The home team secured a second-place finish to win silver during the Dec.

The annual Sundre Curling Club men’s league bonspiel was nearly maxed out with 14 teams comprised of 56 curlers, coming to town to play, said an organizer. “That’s good,” said Roland Weir, adding the club can accommodate only 16 teams.