Local Sports

Olds will host the 2016 Hockey Alberta Midget A Female Provincial Championships. The tournament will take place from March 10-13. The Olds midget A female Grizzlys will automatically get berths as host team. That announcement was made last week.

Whether it's rebounding, shot-blocking, shooting or handling the rock, Baylen Unger is doing it all for the Spartans senior boy's basketball team. Unger was last year's starting power forward.

The Olds Grizzlys have added Pat Seeley to their coaching staff. Seeley, an Olds resident, fills in when other assistant coaches cannot make it to games. He helps run a skill development practice each week, with a large emphasis on skating.

The Olds Koinonia Christian School Royals beat the Olds High School Spartans 48-29 at the Ralph Klein Centre gymnasium on Dec. 10. Dayna Sewell led the way for the Royals, scoring 10 points. The Spartans' Regan Dagg scored a game-high 12 points.

Olds Curling Club is hosting Alberta Southern Ladies Playdowns this weekend. The first draw at the Olds Curling Club takes place at 2 p.m. this Friday, Dec. 18. There are three draws on Saturday; at 9:30 a.m., 2 p.m., and 7 p.m.

The Sundre atom A Huskies finished second place in a tournament recently hosted by the team. “We did really well,” said coach Ian Barnett. There were seven teams that came to play at the Sundre Arena from Friday, Dec. 4 to Sunday, Dec. 6.

The Innisfail Nordic Ski Club is gearing up for another season. "We're waiting for some snow,î said Colleen Willigar of the Innisfail Nordic Ski Club. "In our first two years we were between 35 to 40 members.

About 120 martial artists from Sundre and around the province recently convened at the Sundre High School for the Mountainview Taekwondo Club's 22nd annual tournament.

The Innisfail Curling Club recently held its annual Men's Bonspiel. The annual event is traditionally held during the last month of the year. In 2015 it was held Dec. 4 to 6 at the local curling rink.

Amber Maschke won her first match at the Canadian Wrestling Team Trials this past weekend but the Olds resident will ultimately be looking toward 2020 for her next chance to qualify for the Olympics.