Local Sports

The sun shone, thousands came and competitors wowed the crowds during the 56th annual Innisfail Pro Rodeo at the Daines Ranch.

The Innisfail Minor Lacrosse Association is nearing the completion of another successful season and there is cause to celebrate early.

Three local teens have been chosen to represent the region and will participate in the 2016 Alberta Summer Games.

Innisfail triathlete Joe Svehla has been busy preparing for the upcoming World Triathlon Championships in Mexico this September. “I've been training seven days a week since last September,” said Svehla.

The new state-of-the-art clubhouse at the Innisfail Golf Club officially opened last Sunday afternoon (June 12) with a promise to be the “pride” of the town and a facility every citizen, golfers and non-golfers, can enjoy.

Despite an essentially fully booked inaugural hole-in-one event, no one managed to pull off the lucky shot to claim the top prize. The Sundre Golf Club hosted its first One Day One Shot $100,000 event on Sunday May 29.

A boy from Olds is carrying on a family tradition to participate in the Alberta Summer Games. The Alberta Summer Games start on July 14 in Leduc.

The Olds Minor Soccer Club's U-16 girls team is headed to provincials next month after winning the gold medal game at the 2016 Big Country Soccer Association District Finals. Olds beat Linden 5-3 at Tiny LaFleur Park in Carstairs on June 11.

Rod Bischke was named the province's Minor Hockey Association Executive of the Year after serving as president of Olds Minor Hockey this past season.

Olds High School sent five athletes to the ASAA provincial track and field championship this month, finishing ninth among 3A schools.