Local Sports

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.

This past weekend and the previous week saw some positive results for most Olds Broncos teams. The women's basketball team was the most dominant, winning both of its games against the Lethbridge College Kodiaks.

INNISFAIL – After an absence in the community of more than 30 years, the Innisfail Fish and Game Association is reviving its outdoorsmen dinner and awards banquet. The last awards banquet was held in 1985 at the Innisfail Royal Canadian Legion.

INNISFAIL – The league-leading Rosetown Red Wings burned the Innisfail Eagles twice in the Birds’ home rink last weekend, utilizing speed and the power play despite being outshot in both games.

INNISFAIL – The team captain of the Innisfail Bantam A Fourlane Flyers has been selected to play hockey in the Alberta Winter Games.

PENHOLD - The Central Alberta Amazons recently hosted the 2017 Alberta Junior Female Hockey League (AJFHL) All-Star event at the Penhold Regional Multiplex. The event included a skills competition and an all-star game on Jan. 6.

A small but mighty squad of Olds College basketball players are working hard to secure a spot for their team at the Alberta Colleges Athletics Conference playoffs. The Olds Broncos women's basketball team had a rough start to the season.

An Olds resident has been named an Alberta Midget AAA Hockey League Source For Sports Player of the Month. Ryan McBeath, a forward who plays for the league's Red Deer Optimist Chiefs, is one of two players of the month for December.