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INNISFAIL – Excelling in any sport takes time, dedication and hard work. For 12-year-old Claira Sinclair of Innisfail, that hard work earned her a gold medal at the Central Alberta Open skating competition in Sylvan Lake Feb. 11.

INNISFAIL - The junior girls’and boys’ basketball teams at Innisfail Middle School just wrapped up successful regular seasons. Both teams play in the Chinook’s Edge North Athletic Association (CENAA) A league.

The Olds College Broncos women's basketball team lost at the buzzer on Saturday night on the road at SAIT with first place in the ACAC South Division on the line.

The number of rinks participating in the Sundre Curling Club’s annual women’s bonspiel has in recent years remained fairly steady.

OLDS - The NHL’s latest expansion team, the Las Vegas Golden Knights, are right near the top of the league, which is where they should be, given the breaks they received and smart decisions they made, a speaker in Olds said.

Coaching basketball runs in the Carrick family. Carter Carrick, 18, has taken on coaching duties for the Grade 9 boys' basketball team at Olds High School.

Olds College Broncos badminton player Kaitlyn Dougan is getting ready for nationals which take place in Edmonton Feb. 28-March 3. Dougan qualified for that tournament during Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference provincials, held during the Feb.

The first-ever junior B lacrosse team draft in Olds was really successful, according to Gary Gaudette, who along with Andy Sweetman manages two lacrosse teams in town. The draft was held Feb. 9 at Boston Pizza. "We drafted 20 players.

For the first time, two Olds gymnasts will be competing in the Alberta Winter Games, Olds Gymnastics Club coach Michelle Jaffray says. The games take place in Fort MacMurray Feb. 16-19.

It's a lot harder to make trades now than it was a couple of decades ago, thanks to the salary cap, two NHL executives told an Olds audience.