Local Sports

Special Olympics Olds and District will be sending nine athletes to provincial and national competitions in July.

Young football players will have the chance to train with collegiate coaches at a special camp held in Olds this month.From July 13 to 16, the 20th annual All Pro Football Camp will be held at Olds College.

The Innisfail Cyclones senior girls volleyball teams are already in next-semester country.

Lady golfers are taking over the Innisfail Golf Club on Tuesday nights. “Our Tuesday Ladies Night is growing,” said Jim Boomer, the club's head professional.

The Innisfail Yetti Junior B Tier II Lacrosse club will be hosting the 2nd Annual Dave Lorette Memorial game on June 27 at the Innisfail Arena.

The Innisfail Eagles are hosting their first-ever Sportsman Dinner on July 23 with flamboyant hockey personality Brian Burke headlining the event.

The Olds junior B Stingers had an easy time dispatching the Medicine Hat Sun Devils at the Olds Sports Complex on June 22.But the team knows they have a difficult road ahead.

The day is coming soon when young men will be called to shake the NHL commissioner's hand and don the cap and jersey of a professional team. It's a dream many would have had since they were boys.

A local athlete struck gold in the midget hammer throw at the Calgary Track and Field meet on June 15.Andreas Troschke, 15, recorded a throw of 49.09 metres, almost nine metres ahead of the second-place winner.

Olds wrestler Danielle Lappage captured first-place honours in her weight category at an Austrian wrestling tournament on the weekend of June 14 and 15.