Local Sports

Brandon Rude of Bowden, 18, is currently an Olds Grizzlys affiliate player but hopes to crack the regular lineup. Hockey has been a part of his life from a young age and he's worked hard to earn a place among the Grizzlys.

Now that the golfing season is over, improvements are being made at the Olds Golf Club and plans are in the works to do more next spring or summer.

The Olds High School Spartans football season is over. They were hammered 44-0 by the Canmore Collegiate Crusaders in Canmore on Oct. 26.

When Shane Crouch drove out to Red Deer last week to attend a Canadian Finals Rodeo function, the Sundre-area resident did not for one second expect what was about to happen next.

INNISFAIL - Interest in handball is on the rise in Canada and so are the sport's champions. One of them hails from the Innisfail area.

INNISFAIL - The Innisfail Cyclones are five-peat champions.

Ninety-year-old Louise Schille of Olds is hoping she'll be able to get out for at least one more golfing season next year. "I hope I can golf next year," she says. Her husband, Toby, was forced to give up the game this season.

CARSTAIRS - The Carstairs Curling Club is off to a good start with more than 200 members ranging from little rocks (up to nine years old) right up to seniors.

Former Olds resident Danielle Lappage is satisfied with the silver medal she obtained during the World Wrestling Championship in Budapest, Hungary last week, even though she wonders about a key ruling that cost her the gold.

Last Friday, the Olds Grizzlys held a pumpkin carving event at the Olds Sportsplex where kids could come and celebrate Halloween with the local team.