Local Sports

Olds will play host to a Rocky Mountain Lacrosse League Senior C Showcase this weekend, featuring all eight teams in the second-highest division.

OLDS - It's been a wild week for the endangered Olds Grizzlys franchise. First, the junior hockey team faced the unexpected threat of being sidelined by the Alberta Junior Hockey League (AJHL) for next season.

INNISFAIL – The Innisfail and District Horseshoe Club pushed past adversity last weekend to pull off a successful special annual open tournament for 2017 to honour the local legion and Canada's 150th birthday.

INNISFAIL – Young gridironers have hit the field for their annual spring training.

It's been a wild week for the Olds Grizzlys franchise, first with the unexpected threat of being sidelined by the Alberta Junior Hockey League (AJHL) for next season, followed by an ad hoc town hall meeting last Wednesday (May 24) that drew together

Several hundred people packed the concourse of the sportsplex last Wednesday evening (May 24) for an emergency town hall meeting after the league threatened to sideline the franchise for the upcoming season, concerned they may not be able to operate

A tentative deal has been struck that should keep the Olds Grizzlys off the chopping block at tomorrow's AJHL annual general meeting.

Former Olds Grizzlys general manager Robert ìBobî Clark thinks it's possible that one ñ or maybe several ñ investors could step forward to buy the Olds Grizzlys Junior A hockey team and prevent it from leaving the community.

Olds bowlers Kennedy and Keaton Chrest, alongside teammates Emma Jean Ostrikoff (Red Deer) and Karys Zirk (Blackfalds) brought home silver for Team Alberta from the Youth Bowl Canada National 5-Pin bowling Championships, held May 6-8 in the Gatineau, Que.

Local peewee Grizzly Austin Corsiatto made his international debut a golden one this month, after helping his Western Canada Select U-13 team to the top at the World Selects Invitational tournament held in the Mont Blanc region of France, May 2 ñ 6.