Local Sports

A local certified athletic therapist has been chosen by Hockey Alberta to be a therapist for the women's hockey program during the 2018 Alberta Winter Games. The games take place Feb. 16-19 in Fort McMurray/Wood Buffalo.

INNISFAIL – Members from the Innisfail Junior Curling League joined other curlers from around the region for the first junior bonspiel at the Innisfail Curling Club. The two-day event for U-15 and U-18 curlers took place Jan. 27 and 28.

OLDS - Canadian teams will have a challenge to repeat as curling gold medallists in the 2018 Winter Olympics, now underway in PyeongChang, South Korea, according to two-time Tournament of Hearts champion, former world junior champion and two-time wor

The Sundre novice Huskies went undefeated during a recent tournament in Olds to win gold. "They were pretty excited,” said coach Dallas Rosevear about his triumphant team following an 8-2 victory in the final against Olds on Sunday, Feb. 4.

Former Olds Grizzlys captain Chase Olsen is going to an NCAA Division I team next year. Division I is the top tier in U.S. college hockey.

The Edmonton Oilers have had a surprisingly bad season in the NHL this year for a couple of reasons: parity and a slow start, according to Craig MacTavish, the team's vice-president of hockey operations. MacTavish made that comment Feb.

It was a good weekend for Olds College Broncos men's and women's basketball teams. Each team won both ends of a home-and-home series against St. Mary's University this past Friday and Saturday. The women beat St.

The Olds Grizzlys have their work cut out for them as they host the Okotoks Oilers this Friday at the Sportsplex. Game time is 7 p.m.

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.

About 80 École Deer Meadow School grades 6-8 students came out to the Olds Curling Rink this past Thursday to learn how to curl from a former national and world junior curling champion – Heather Nedohin.