Local Sports

Sundre and surrounding area martial arts students with the Shindo Kempho Karate-Do Club recently started a new season in a renovated dojo.

The Olds Koinonia Christian School Royals senior boys' and girls' volleyball teams have one more tournament each to attend before they prepare to host their own tournament Nov. 2-3.

INNISFAIL – The Alberta Canadian Shuffleboard Association has wrapped up another successful season.

INNISFAIL - It was one of the coldest runs in recent memory. The Chinook's Edge North Athletic Association (CENAA) cross-country championships took place at Centennial Park on a cold and windy Oct. 4.

Two more people have been named as torchbearers as the torch for the 2019 Canada Winter Games comes through Olds on Jan. 31, 2019. They are Mayor Michael Muzychka and Red Deer-Mountain View MP Earl Dreeshen.

Olds resident Mark Mengersen is one of 15 Albertans named to Special Olympics Canada. The squad was announced last week by Special Olympics Alberta.

BY Geordie Carragher The process of self-discovery can take many forms, with many obstacles to conquer along the way. Hanna Wadlegger has always been one to face a challenge head-on.

Former Olds resident and Humboldt Broncos player Graysen Cameron -- one of 13 people injured in last spring's Humboldt Broncos bus crash -- says he's getting better, and his transition to coaching and living on his own is going well.

PENHOLD – Basketball season is upon us and Penhold is getting in on the action. The Penhold Fitness Centre has organized a new adult basketball league that began Sept. 22 and will run every Saturday at the Penhold Regional Multiplex.

INNISFAIL – It’s now or maybe never. After several years of heartbreak and disappointment, the Innisfail Eagles say they are ready to work and bring an Allan Cup home to Innisfail.