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INNISFAIL - For Innisfail native Taryn Baumgardt, there is no better feeling than lacing up your skates to take that first push off a fresh sheet of ice.

INNISFAIL – It wasn't pretty and it's doubtful scouts are chomping at the bit over the skill shown on the field, but the defending three-peat champion Innisfail Cyclones did win their first game of the season.

The Olds Grizzlys have added another name to their staff roster, announcing last Friday that they are bringing a scout on board.

A second Olds player will be packing her hockey skates and heading east next year to play for the University of New Brunswick's Varsity Reds.

The Olds Grizzlys have officially come out of hibernation, with a split record in their exhibition series last week, and are now looking forward to their first regular season games under a new ownership and coaching staff.

INNISFAIL – After weeks of gruelling practice and excited anticipation, Innisfail's football season kicked off last week with a series of exhibition games, live music, a bouncy castle, food and a touchdown celebration competition.

Two hometown triathletes twice stopped the clock for top-10 age group finishes at the Multisport World Championships festival in Penticton over the past week, including top five finishes for both in their triathlon event.

A homegrown hockey player became the first Olds skater drafted to the Canadian Women's Hockey League last week.

Local lax lad Marshall Bloomfield didn't come back from a national tournament empty-handed, after helping the Jr. Calgary Roughnecks to the Jr. National Lacrosse League championship title, and topping the tournament points board himself.

The Sundre Bisons are shaping up to be a speedy, agile team this year, the football team's coach recently said. "We're looking really fast, really quick," said Tyson Dichrow.