Local Sports

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.

Danielle Lappage of Olds has qualified for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, after dethroning the highest-ranked 63-kilogram wrestler in the country, Braxton Stone-Papadopoulos at the Canadian Wrestling Team Trials.

A five-goal game by one player helped the Toronto Furies defeat the Calgary Inferno 6-5 at the Olds Sportsplex on Dec. 6. Four hundred attended the Canadian Women's Hockey League game.

Dozens of players from Innisfail's girls minor hockey recently participated in the 2015 Canadian Tire Wickenheiser World Female Hockey Festival, known as Wickfest, in Calgary.