Local Sports

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.

DIDSBURY - After a couple of weeks of trying to put together enough players to run a team, the Didsbury Dragons football team has folded. The Dragons played 9-man football in the Mountain View Football Conference.

BY Geordie Carragher The Olds College Broncos have their first conference award winner of the season.

CARSTAIRS-DIDSBURY - The Didsbury High School Dragons and the Hugh Sutherland School Kodiaks from Carstairs co-hosted a 16-team volleyball tournament over the weekend with teams coming from all over Alberta and even Saskatchewan.

The Olds High School Spartans football team will have their hands full when they take on the Cardston Cougars this Saturday, Sept. 29, head coach George Grant says.

INNISFAIL - It was shortly before dinner was served and the sold-out audience for the 5th Annual Sportsman Dinner was silently and solemnly reminded of what was really important. This event on Sept.

INNISFAIL – Ensuring the rules of the game are justly followed can be just as important as the final score.

CARSTAIRS - Skating season has begun with the Carstairs Skating Club running various programs out of the Carstairs Memorial Arena. The club is currently practising three times a week, while the synchronized skaters hit the ice every Saturday.

BY Geordie Carragher It was a special afternoon for Felicia Rodney and the Olds College Broncos.