Local Sports

INNISFAIL – An Innisfail resident and experienced hockey coach will be behind the bench of a team at the Alberta Winter Games.

Three local hockey players are finding success on the ice with the Red Deer North Star Chiefs minor midget AAA team.

It's almost time for the latest noodleball game between Olds Hospital and Care Centre long-term residents and local athletes. The next one takes place Friday, Feb.

The Al Molnar rink of Carstairs defeated the Jim Thomson rink of Olds to win the A side of the annual Olds Seniors Bonspiel, held Jan. 23-26 at the Olds Curling Club.

Olds College Broncos will help raise awareness for mental health initiatives later this week by raising a ruckus. The Make Some Noise for Mental Health campaign will hit the Olds College campus Feb. 1-3.

The Olds Grizzlys will finish off a four-game road trip this Thursday night in Calgary against the Mustangs. On Groundhog Day (Friday, Feb. 2), the Grizzlys will pop up to face the Camrose Kodiaks at home in the Sportsplex. Game time is 8 p.m.

Rural Olds resident Zachary Latimer won a bronze medal during the Canadian Junior Weightlifting Championships Jan. 20 in Halifax.

Two coaches from Olds College will be behind the benches for girls' hockey teams at the upcoming Alberta Winter Games.

INNISFAIL – Another long-standing annual tradition of seven days of community spirit, fellowship and fun competition at the Innisfail Curling Club is in the books.

Tonight's Alberta Junior Hockey League (AJHL) game between the Olds Grizzlys and the Spruce Grove Saints (7 p.m.