Local Sports

The Olds Koinonia Christian School Royals senior girls volleyball team finished second at a zones tournament earlier this month, capping off the best showing for the team in 31 years.

Local runner Jelmer van den Hadelkamp will be attending the national cross-country meet on Nov. 30 in Vancouver and is the only student attending from Sundre High School.

Sundre High School's senior girls volleyball team placed first in the south division of their league this year. The team played against Olds in the south finals on Nov. 13 at the high school and won.

Keely-Anne Budd is not your average Grade 10 Innisfail Junior/Senior High School student. She isn't even your average Kempo Karate student. Just ask Grand Master Gil Lesantaise, he'll be glad to tell you.

Two Bowden-area cowboys competed at the Canadian Finals Rodeo (CFR) in Edmonton from November 6 to 10. Tanner Girletz and Ky Marshall competed in bull riding and bareback riding respectively at the event.

The Olds High School junior and senior girls' volleyball teams faced some tough competition on November 15 and 16 at their respective south central zone championships, with each team failing to win a match.

Donning fake moustaches in support of the Movember campaign to raise money for prostate cancer research, the Olds College Broncos women's volleyball team took to the court on the evening of Nov. 14 with huge smiles and radiating energy.

Captain Spencer Dorowicz scored the overtime winner on the power play with 0.5 seconds left on the clock to give the Olds Grizzlys a 2-1 win over the Grande Prairie Storm on Nov. 12 in Alberta Junior Hockey League action.

There was an obvious hole in the Olds Grizzlys lineup on the evening of Nov 9.

Innisfail Family Billiards is aiming to reach out to the community and support worthy local causes through some 8-ball. The owners are planning to do so through its first-ever charity 8-ball tourney.