Local Sports

The annual Innisfail Sportsmen's Dinner was another great success, bringing in almost $10,000 for the Canadian Pro-Rodeo Sport Medicine Team.

The prize for the second annual Professional Bareback Challenge at Bowden Daze is a lot bigger this year, says Keith Bailey, president of the Bowden Ag Society, the group which organizes the event.

Spruce View School recently held its annual Athletic Awards, showcasing the school's top athletes for the 2015-16 school year. “It's a celebration of athletics for the entire year,” said Ken Kure, athletic director.

The Innisfail Horseshoe Club is enjoying a record setting season. The club has welcomed four new members this year, totalling the highest membership numbers in the club's history.

An Innisfail teen will get a chance to compete with the best at the world's largest rodeo.

Olds' novice Stingers qualified for the Alberta Lacrosse Provincials, held the July 8 weekend, for the second straight season. The team is comprised mostly of first-time players and tykes playing up an age level.

Helena Troschke didn't just test out the track and field. She jumped right into it by joining the Airdrie Aces Athletics Club.

Olds is home to the best U-10 girls softball team in the province. There are three U-10 Olds Pistols teams. It was coach Kelly Latimer's A team that captured the Softball Alberta championship in Edmonton from July 1-3.

Adding to the Olds Mavericks' strong inaugural season in Tier II lacrosse, a pair of 16-year-olds on the team finished first and second in Rocky Mountain Lacrosse League scoring.

The Olds Rapids swim team sent a pair of swimmers to the 2016 Speedo Alberta Age Group and Senior Championships earlier this month. The provincial meet was held from June 30 to July 3 in Calgary.