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The Olds Grizzlys earned three out of four possible points during their weekend games on November 14 and 15. On Nov. 15, the team lost 3-2 in overtime on the road to the Camrose Kodiaks, who sit atop the AJHL South standings.

When the Okotoks Drillers last came to Innisfail on Oct. 24 they built a 4-0 lead after the first period. The Eagles wanted to reverse that on Nov. 14 when the Drillers returned to Innisfail. And the Eagles did make a huge first period improvement.

The Innisfail High School basketball squads have hit the courts in preparation to build on the success they had last year.

With just four games into the 2014-15 Innisfail Eagles' Chinook Hockey League (CHL) season, head coach Brian Sutter already sees a lot of positives.

Olds High School's senior girls volleyball team lost its Chinook's Edge Athletic Association South finals match 3-2 to the Didsbury High School (DHS) Dragons on Nov. 5.

Innisfail High School's volleyball season came right down to the wire with the Junior Varsity (JV) girls Cyclones squad playing in a three-team playdown for sixth place on Nov. 5 but falling short in the third game of the match.

It's never too late to start. That's what Trina Radcliffe discovered as the founder of an adult female hockey program in Calgary. She recalls seeing drastic changes in the women who took part.

A new player has joined the Olds Grizzlys. The team has signed 18-year-old defenceman Jordan Steenbergen. Steenbergen, originally from Sylvan Lake, played 62 games over three seasons with the Kootenay Ice in the WHL and recorded three assists.

Adam Berg's go-ahead goal scored for the Calgary Mustangs midway through the second period stood as the game-winner as the Olds Grizzlys dropped a 3-2 decision at home on Oct. 31.

The Olds College Broncos volleyball teams held their home openers on Nov. 1 at the Ralph Klein Centre gym, with both men's and women's teams playing against the Lethbridge College Kodiaks.