Local Sports

Olds won gold at the Atom A Provincial Championship in Lacombe from March 17-20. According to coach Ken Callow, they were motivated to make up for a loss in their league championship final.

The Innisfail Minor Hockey Association honoured its best in coaches, managers and players at its annual annual awards night at the Innisfail Royal Canadian Legion.

The photo cutline on page 22 of the March 22 edition of the Olds Albertan contained a spelling error. The correct spelling of the Olds High School Spartans senior girls basketball player is Anteia Organ.

The W.R. Myers Rebels from Taber defeated the Medicine Hat Monsignor McCoy Colts 67-47 to win the ASAA 3A provincial girls basketball championship, hosted by Olds High School March 16-19.

Skaters with the Innisfail Skating Club recently took part in an Axel Master Class skating workshop with Canadian Senior Men's Silver Medallist (2004) Ben Ferreira. Ferreira was in Innisfail on March 5 to present the Axel Master Class seminar.

Olds High School athletic director Wanda Vandervelden could not have been more pleased with how the ASAA 3A provincial basketball championships unfolded. "Extremely happy. The coaches have been over the moon.

The Innisfail Female Atom Flyers gave it their all at the 2016 ATB Financial Provincial Championships last weekend but had to settle for a spot in the top four after losing a close 3-2 semifinal game to Olds. “I'm very proud of the team.

Olds High School's senior girls basketball team won the Pool C bracket at the ASAA 3A Provincial Championship held at the Ralph Klein Centre this past weekend. In their final game of the tournament, the Spartans defeated the No.

You recognize it instantly – the crunching of the joint beneath your bodyweight. Then there's the hobbling from one place to the next. Then the tennis ball-sized swelling and the discolouring, deep purple.

Senior teams at Innisfail High School and St. Marguerite Bourgeoys Catholic School have wrapped up rewarding basketball seasons.