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It wasn't pretty but the Innisfail Eagles defeated the Fort Saskatchewan Chiefs 5-4 Friday night (Feb. 28) to win the best of seven Chinook Hockey League semi-final series four games to one.

The Olds Grizzlys are currently suffering through a seven-game losing streak heading into their last pair of regular season games on Feb. 28 and March 1.

Dakota Wilson can't explain why she chose Olds College, but she's glad to be here. The third-year middle on the women's volleyball team initially came for the fashion program after taking a year off from high school.

Innisfail is not Nottingham Forest but we do have our own Robin Hood who goes by the name of Blake Anderson. ìBlake has only been shooting for two years,î said Walter Wiley, auxiliary coach for the Central Alberta Archers Association (CAAA).

If you ask Dez Lorencz a question about hockey here is what he might tell you. The average age of the players on the Innisfail Eagles hockey team is 29. Three of them have played in the NHL. Four have European hockey experience.

Little to choose from on paper, even less to differentiate on the ice.

The Innisfail Eagles are one win away from moving on to the Chinook Hockey League finals.

For the first two periods at the Innisfail Arena it looked like the Eagles had watched the Canada ñ United States Olympic hockey semi-final game and took a decidedly defensive cue from the winning Canucks.

Amidst the calls of "Hurry!" and "Hard!" echoing throughout the cavernous Olds Curling Club on the afternoon of Feb. 15, there was also laughter, good-natured ribbing and plenty of compliments for those throwing good rocks.

The annual Innisfail Ladies Bonspiel is now in the history books as well as its own celebration of this year's Sochi Winter Olympic Games. The bonspiel, held at the Innisfail Curling Club from Jan. 31 to Feb.