Local Sports

The Olds College women's Broncos went down to a 77-48 defeat to the Augustana University College Vikings in Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference basketball action on Oct. 24. The women now have a 2-1 record on the season.

Despite a valiant second half charge that saw them leading 7-6 midway through the fourth quarter, the Innisfail Pee Wee Cyclones' season came to an end following a 15-7 loss to the Red Deer Hornets at Great Chief Park on Saturday.

Taylor Bilyk and BJ Duffin returned to the Olds Grizzlys lineup on Oct. 26 after each served two-game suspensions for their part in an after-the-game altercation on Oct. 19 in Whitecourt against the Wolverines.

The Olds High School Spartans split a pair of games last week, beating the James Fowler High School Falcons of Calgary 38-6 on Oct. 16 at Normie Kwong Park and losing 29-21 to St. Mary's High School of Calgary on Oct.14 in Calgary.

With less than two minutes to play, the Innisfail Eagles turned the tables on the Okotoks Drillers to pull out a 5-3 victory in the season home opener last Friday night.

The Innisfail Curling Club has hired an artist. He's an artist with ice, the man responsible for providing curlers the best conditions to have the optimum performance for the roaring game.

Infielder Brady Porter slid into the limelight at the recent Toronto Blue Jays showcase for Canada's top amateur players at Tournament 12.

The Olds Grizzlys organization is happy with the attendance thus far in the season given that the team is quite young.

The largest contingent of runners in the last few years from Olds High School will compete at the provincial cross-country championships in Drayton Valley on Oct. 19.

With a continuing trend of losing or winning by a one-point margin, Olds Grizzlys goaltender Ethan Jemieff is chalking up the squad's latest defeat at the hands of the Calgary Mustangs on Oct. 8 to chance. “It just wasn't our night.