Local Sports

The Masters men's and women's provincial curling championships, held at the Olds Curling Club are now over. In the men's final on Sunday, the Fred Armstrong rink of Red Deer beat the Gary Greening rink of Edmonton 6-2 in seven ends.

Olds College badminton player Sherry Hahn won an all-conference award and the team wound up winning several bronze medals during ACAC Provincials, held Feb. 18-19 at the Ralph Klein Centre. Hahn and Layce Donaldson won bronze in women's doubles.

Olds Special Olympics bowlers shone during a tournament in Airdrie on Feb. 19. Olds won the trophy for the best pins-over-average score and Mike Dougan of Olds won a trophy for men with the highest game score.

Forget the NHL and all its superstars for a weekend, because the town is soon hosting its annual tournament for hockey players whose love for the great game can never be questioned.

INNISFAIL - The town has nailed a big archery bull's-eye. Innisfail was recently chosen to host the Provincial Archery Championships this spring.

Organizers say tickets are going fast for Honky Tonk & Hockey Talk, a fundraiser for the Olds Grizzlys and Innisfail Eagles hockey teams.

Members of the Olds Spartans wrestling team are preparing for one of the biggest matches of the year this coming weekend: the ASAA Rural Provincial Championships in Edson.

A former Sundre curler and member of the University of Alberta team skipped by Kelsey Rocque brought home a gold medal following a big win against Russia at the 2017 Winter Universiade.

Kristy Willick, left, and Dani Rock sweep a rock during the 65th annual ladies bonspiel at the Sundre Curling Club on Saturday, Feb. 11. There were 22 teams competing in this year's event.

The Olds Curling Club is hosting the Alberta Curling Federation Provincial Masters Bonspiel Feb. 22-26 and among the competitors will be former world champion, Olympian and two-time Brier champion Ed Lukowich of Calgary.