Local Sports

BY Geordie Carragher Felicia Rodney’s exceptional rookie season has resulted in some additional hardware. The Calgary native was named the ACAC (Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference) in Calgary on Thursday, Oct. 25.

After an effort to ensure local football players had the opportunity to join the Sundre Bison, the team was forced to fold from lack of participation.

INNISFAIL – The Innisfail Hurricanes' water polo season is underway. The club hosted an annual provincial 12-U tournament at the Innisfail Aquatic Centre on Oct. 20 and 21.

INNISFAIL - The Birds of Innisfail are proving to be a force to reckon with this season. The Eagles came away with three of four points this weekend after back-to-back games. They earned a 5-4 victory over Fort Saskatchewan on Friday (Oct.

CARSTAIRS-DIDSBURY - On almost any day of the week in the area you can find a group of people playing a relatively new sport called pickleball.

CARSTAIRS - Aiden Good, a Grade 11 student from Hugh Sutherland School (HSS), recently won a provincial title in cross-country. With a time of 14.

From a win/loss perspective, it's not a great year for the Olds High School Spartans football team. As of last week, their record was one win and five losses. But head coach George Grant argues that's not the only way to evaluate a team.

Three Sundre High School students recently competed in the provincial cross-country championships. Hosted by J.R. Robson at Vermilion Provincial Park on Saturday, Oct.

Local wrestler Danielle Lappage won a silver medal Wednesday, Oct. 24 in the World Wrestling Championships in Budapest, Hungary. She was edged 6-5 by Petra Olli of Finland in the women's 65-kilogram (kg) final.

The fifth degree black belt who started the Mountainview Taekwondo Club in Sundre can barely believe 25 years have already gone by. “I can’t believe it’s been that long,” said Master Terri Miller last week.