Local Sports

INNISFAIL - Lacrosse is a sport you can learn in any season. The Innisfail Minor Lacrosse Association (IMLA) has partnered with Flow Bros Lacrosse in Innisfail for about six years to condition players and teaches the sport year-round.

INNISFAIL - The junior high boys' basketball team at Innisfail Middle School had a silver lining to their season.

INNISFAIL - The midget female Olds Grizzlys - powered by a trio of Innisfailians -- are proving against prior expectations they rightfully belong at the very top of the league standings this season.

While the Grizzlys were hitting the ice at the Centennial Regional Arena in Brooks Saturday night (March 18) for their second game against the Bandits in round two of the Viterra AJHL South playoffs, Lacombe native country star Gord Bamford was hitti

Olds Grizzlys business operations manager Joel Hunter has resigned. The Olds Sportsmen's Recreation Association, which operates the Junior A hockey team, announced Hunter's resignation yesterday (March 20).

Volunteer organizers are putting out a call to the community in search of any girls interested in forming up an all-female hockey team for the 2017-18 season.

Viterra AJHL South Playoffs Centennial Regional Arena (Brooks, Alberta) Mar. 17 Olds Grizzlys (0) v. Brooks Bandits (9) (Round 2, Game 1) Mar. 18 Olds Grizzlys (2) v. Brooks Bandits (7) (Round 2, Game 2) AFHL Bantam Female Elite Provincials Mar.

INNISFAIL - The CENAA junior high girls' basketball team at Innisfail Middle School is on a golden high. "We won gold at the league championships," said Tina Chadwick, head coach. "We finished second in the league at the end of the regular season.

INNISFAIL - As part of a community celebration of Canada's 150th birthday, Innisfail students were recently given a hands-on experience to learn more about Canada's national summer sport.

PENHOLD - The Central Alberta Amazons may be in for a battle in their fourth visit to the Alberta Junior Female Hockey League (AJFHL) Finals. The Amazons clinched the 2016-17 south division championship title after sweeping both the Lethbridge Jr.