Local Sports

Two professional women's hockey players were in town last week to lead a week-long camp for girls at the Olds Sportsplex. The Calgary Inferno's Erica Kromm and Jenna Cunningham were the instructors tasked with coaching 34 girls aged eight to 16.

Olds Bulldogs coach Blake Machan says he's excited that the bantam football team has been resurrected after a two-year hiatus. Two years ago, Olds and Innisfail formed a joint bantam team.

The Innisfail Dolphins swam their way to an outstanding season with 41 members advancing to this month's provincial championships – the highest number ever to qualify from the local club.

At the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Danielle Lappage approached the mat the same way she always has since high school, with punishing double low-fives for her coach and her game face on.

It's time for the Innisfail Horseshoe Club's annual tournament. Participants from across Alberta will come together for the annual event Aug. 27 and 28 at the Innisfail Horseshoe Courts.

Olds' Andreas Troschke left this year's Legion National Youth Track and Field Championships with a silver medal and personal best in the hammer throw, making it his best showing ever at the meet.

A former Sundre resident who plays fastball with Team Alberta said it felt “kind of surreal” to take home a silver medal from the U-21 Fastball Championship in Summerside, P.E.I. “We were in third place after the round robin,” said Amy Lank, 21.

It was a heartbreaking weekend for the top seeded Innisfail Indians. The Indians were in Lacombe for the senior mens AA Parkland Baseball League semi-finals tournament Aug. 5 to 7 when they had their playoff hopes dashed.

Two girls from Olds won gold medals as members of Team Alberta at the 2016 PeeWee Girls Western Canada Championships held over the weekend in Dauphin, Man. Taurie Hammer and Brynlee Rice were both players on this year's peewee AA Olds Spitfires team.

Two Sundre-area sisters brought home a bronze medal in double canoeing from the recent Alberta Summer Games in Leduc. The boats — also known as C2 — are similar to a two-person kayak but with a flatter bottom.