Local Sports

Over the past few years, Olds' Danielle Lappage has tried qualifying for the Canadian senior national wrestling team only to finish second to the same competitor.

The Olds College Broncos will ice a women's hockey team in the 2015-16 season after the Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference (ACAC) approved the school's application.The team will play out of the Olds Sports Complex.

The Canadian Junior Hockey League (CJHL) National Awards were announced on May 7 and Olds Grizzlys forward Chris Gerrie was named Rookie of the Year.

Hockey season briefly sprang back to life in Innisfail this month at the Innisfail Arena during the 19th annual Dean Turnquist Spring Fever Road Hockey Tournament.

The head coach of the Olds Rapids Swim Club has qualified to compete at an international championship in Montreal as well as a provincial swimming championship.

Badminton season for Innisfail's schools came to a close this past weekend in Red Deer with athletes from both the Catholic and public school systems. Janelle Agot and Tyler Watt, St.

Fresh off their victory over the Lethbridge Barracudas, the Olds Junior B Tier III Stingers beat the Calgary Wranglers 18-3 on May 6 at the Olds Sports Complex.

Close to 30 young aspiring football players in Olds were treated to the “Spring Fever” clinic behind Holy Trinity Catholic School on May 10, led by three CFL players.

The Innisfail Dolphins Swim Club turns 65 this year. Started in 1949, the competitive swim club operates under the guidelines of the Alberta Summer Swimming Association (ASSA), and swims out of the Innisfail Aquatic Centre.

Golf courses in the Sundre area plan to open for the season this week. Dean McBride, director of golf for Coyote Creek Golf Club just west of Sundre, said the course is opening Friday, weather permitting.