Local Sports

Four members of the Olds Barbell Club came home from the Canadian Powerlifting Union's Big Rock Open held in Calgary on Aug. 10 with four gold medals. And two club competitors each set new provincial records.

Myrna Kissick has been to the World Horseshoe Pitching Championships a dozen times and has always been a top 10 pitcher. And the 76-year-old horseshoe legend clearly thought this year's tournament in St. George, Utah from July 22 to Aug.

It was a simple case of being on the wrong side of math. While the Innisfail Merchants Jr.

The Innisfail Indians were in Eckville last weekend for the Parkland Baseball League finals and their season came to a quick end. On Friday they lost to the Acme Pirates 12-8, and then on Saturday the local squad fell 13-9 to the Red Deer Razorbacks.

While Innisfail's senior baseball Indians faced trials for their championship, and the juniors loaded up their squad for the western finals, the local peewee team has already brought a title back home.

The third annual Sun Creek Classic golf tournament hosted by Sundre Golf Club and Coyote Creek Golf Club over the weekend had a good turnout, with roughly 130 golfers registered.

A member of the Olds Golf Club Association came out on top at the Alberta Golf Men's Mid Handicap Championship held in Drumheller on August 7 and 8. And the win for Scott Ouellette, 34, was extra special for two reasons.

A squad made up of 18 players from rural midget lacrosse teams from Olds and six other Central Alberta communities handed a California team their first losses in two years to capture gold at the United States Box Lacrosse Association Nationals tourna

Jylissa Williams, who led the Olds College Broncos women’s varsity basketball team to a bronze medal at the Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association championships in Nova Scotia in March, will finish her post-secondary career at Lakehead Univer

For the Innisfail Merchants Jr. AAA Baseball Club it's hoped that the third time's the charm.