Local Sports

When on the mat, Olds' Amber Maschke only has herself to count on.Now, however, the 19-year-old wrestler is asking for help from her community as she sets her sights on becoming the junior woman's world champion in the 55-kilogram weight category.

Innisfail athletes from grades 7 to 12 are hitting the track in preparation for the 2014 track and field season. The track at Innisfail Jr/Sr High School was a busy locale last week with athletes practising as early as 7:30 a.m.

With the arrival of improving spring weather the Innisfail Indians players are finally hitting their own field of dreams for the 2014 season.

All the mud leftover on local roads, alleys and fields from early May's miserable weather almost seems like a prelude to the third annual Community Learning Campus Mud Run coming this September.

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.