Local Sports

The Olds Mavericks are headed to the Rocky Mountain Lacrosse League championship this weekend, but they won't go unchallenged as the team looks to finish a strong season on top.

Two swimmers from Olds will represent Zone 4 at the Alberta Summer Games this week in Leduc. Twelve-year-old Carson Ogloff and Aiden Morgan, 13, qualified for the zone team at a meet in Red Deer last month.

Innisfail High School honoured the best in sports, including its top athletes during the annual athletic awards ceremony. The event was held on June 10 at Innisfail High School in an assembly with fellow students, parents and teachers in attendance.

Innisfail is set to welcome Ron MacLean. Mr.

The Alberta High School Rodeo Association (AHSRA) is eyeing Olds as a potential host of its provincial finals for the next three years, and the interest is mutual.

Unofficial Sundre Pro Rodeo 2016 results Bareback riding: First — RC Landingham, 84.5 points, $2,046. Second — Ty Taypotat, 83.5 points, $1,619. Third — Denny Phipps, 82 points, $1,363.

The annual Sundre Pro Rodeo continues to improve after 37 years, said the Sundre Rodeo and Race Association president. “This year — I say it every year — I think we had the best rodeo ever.

It seemed like Madison Anthony and Amelia Furst would miss the Alberta Summer Games. Then a random encounter between coaches at a Boston Pizza in Okotoks gave them a second chance to play for Zone 2 in Leduc this month.

Numbers at this year's 16th annual Rotary Club of Olds golf tournament were down due to the tough economy, but organizing committee chair Craig Witcher says all things considered, it was a success.

A member of the Meadow Creek Equestrian Vaulting Club near Olds is the Alberta Sport Development Centre – Central (ASDC-C) Athlete of the Month for June. Avery Malone, 15, has been competing in equestrian vaulting for seven years.