Local Sports

In each hand, Clem Lapointe holds a rulebook for hockey referees.One is small, worn and with a sketched image on the front that, if you look hard, resembles a goalie stretching to block a puck.

The St. Marguerite Bourgeoys Bears had successful basketball seasons with the senior boys capturing the bronze medal in the Chinook's Edge Northern Athletic Association (CENAA) and the junior Bears boys going undefeated. St.

The Olds Grizzlys will look back to their glory years with food, shopping and of course, hockey, as they celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Centennial Cup-winning team. Proceeds from the festivities will go toward financial aid for the team.

Pacen VanderMeer is realizing his beautiful dream of the beautiful game. The 13-year-old Grade 8 student from Innisfail Middle School is in Spain this week practising and playing soccer at the national team training centre in Madrid.

It was a hard-fought contest but the Brooks Bandits eventually ran away with a 6-3 victory in Game 4 of the AJHL south division semifinal series, sweeping the Olds Grizzlys on March 18.

Patricia Jackson is the first to admit she was never much of a figure skater. ìThe only time I did figure skating was for a clown act that we put on for the ice show. I had never worn figure skates before,î said Jackson.

The Innisfail Eagles will have to wait until next year to achieve its Allan Cup dream. The Bentley Generals have proven too strong, too talented and too disciplined.

It was a hard-fought contest but the Brooks Bandits eventually ran away with a 6-3 victory in Game 4 of the AJHL south division semi final series, sweeping the Olds Grizzlys on March 18.

People are often nostalgic about playing sports and Adam Hogarth is no different. Hogarth, a phys-ed teacher at Olds High School, was up one night thinking about his days as a varsity athlete.

The Olds Koinonia Christian School junior A girls basketball team was able to celebrate winning the South Central 1J zone championship on their home court on the weekend of March 7 and 8.