Local Sports

A collaborative effort between several groups culminated last month in the restoration of ball diamonds that had fallen into disrepair in recent years.

Olds College will host the 2014 Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference women’s basketball championships from Feb. 28 to March 2.

Three local young baseball players are looking back over their summers as having the thrill of a lifetime by attending the Blue Jays Honda Super Camp at Okotoks' Seaman Stadium.

The Innisfail Cyclones kicked off their preseason before a packed house August 24, hosting teams from Sylvan Lake and Rocky Mountain House in the first annual True Grit Exhibition Event.

Innisfailian Brianna Weinrauch came home a champion after her Calgary fastball team took home a gold medal and a first-place title in the Western Jr. B Fastball Championships.

The Innisfail Dolphins Swim Club season concluded with the team coming home from the provincial championship meet with top points.

More than 30 Olds High School students came out last week for the first practices of the 2013 Spartan football season, a turnout coach George Grant said was a positive sign.

Local equestrian vaulter Jeanine van der Sluijs was the overall champion in the senior class at the VaultCanada National Championship earlier this month in Ponoka. The event took place from August 6 to 8.

Fifty-five participants from 4-H clubs around Alberta and Saskatchewan were at Olds College on August 24 and 25, honing their horsemanship skills and getting lessons on the finer points of rodeo.

Tyson Schmidt and Ryan Klinck of Olds are among several local hockey players being given the chance to make the Olds Grizzlys lineup after attending the team’s training camp that ended on Aug. 23.