Local Sports

Local lacrosse talent Liam Steele, 11, has been chosen to play for the Calgary Jr. Roughnecks during an Ontario-based tournament at the end of August. The sixth annual tournament being held in Oakville, Ont.

It's been an incredible season for the Olds Pistols girls' U-12 softball team.

Two local golfers came close, but just couldn't beat an Airdrie woman for the Mountain View Dodge Ladies Open golf championship at the Olds Golf Club this past Saturday (July 14). Celina Lam of Airdrie won the tournament, shooting a score of 77.

A competitive firearm aficionado from Sundre is headed to Jamaica next week for the International Practical Shooting Confederation's Pan American Handgun Championship.

The Sundre U-12 girls' softball team recently brought home gold following a first-place finish at provincials in Edmonton. “The girls played their hearts out and they were pretty excited to win,” said coach Jenna Packer.

DIDSBURY - The recent Didsbury Aquajets swim meet went very well, said organizers.

CARSTAIRS - A local triathlete was the top finisher in her category at the Great White North Triathlon held July 8 in Stony Plain. Sharon Styles of Carstairs finished first among the 32 entrants in the female 40-49 category with a time of 4:38:19.

KEVISVILLE - Abandoned more than two decades ago, the cherished ball diamonds of Kevisville are now once again the fields of dreams.

The Olds College Broncos hockey staff has recruited six players from across Canada to improve the school's women's hockey team in pursuit of an Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference (ACAC) championship.

Olds' first boys’ fastball team, the Spitfires, recently wrapped up their first season with out-of-the-park results.