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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.

The Olds High School Spartans football team watched their lead dwindle in the second half of their qualifying game against the Bow Valley High School Bobcats but managed to hang on for a 45-28 victory on Nov. 1 at Normie Kwong Park.

Members of Meadow Creek Vaulting Club (MCVC) are looking forward to wrapping up the year with a few fun events at their training facility now that the 2014 competitive season has wrapped up for them.

The Innisfail Aquatic Centre was packed with parents, fans and water polo players from four communities as two Innisfail Hurricanes played on the second ranked Calgary Seawolves Atom Team during a big tournament on November 1 to 2.