Local Sports

Alan Finch brought home a gold medal from the first-ever national Special Olympics golf tournament held in Mount Hope, Ont. Sept. 28 and 29 at the Chippowa Creek Golf Club.

An Innisfail hockey player who was drafted by the Tri-City Americans had his rights traded to the Red Deer Rebels last week.

A total of nine members of the Meadow Creek Vaulting Club will be attending the Alberta and Saskatchewan provincial championships as well as the national championships in Ponoka on Oct. 13 and 14.

When football teams go through reconstruction phases, it can be a painful process.

Sundre minor hockey kicks off its 2012/13 season tonight with a new direction that is focused on cleaning up the game from abuse on and off the ice.

Nolan Lorenz is a 17-year-old with his eye on the prize.

The Olds College Broncos men's and women's soccer teams came up short on the weekend against the SAIT Trojans, with the women being defeated 3-0 and the men losing a close 4-3 contest at Elks Field in Olds.

Bantam Bulldogs beat StettlerThe Olds Bantam Bulldogs beat the Stettler Cougars 28-8 in Central Alberta Football League action on Saturday at Normie Kwong Park.

The Olds Grizzlys picked up two one-goal victories last week in Alberta Junior Hockey League play, beating the Lloydminster Bobcats 4-3 on September 22 and the Bonnyville Pontiacs by the same score in a shootout the night before.

The Olds Grizzlys lost a pair of tight Alberta Junior Hockey League games last week, including a 6-5 decision to the Calgary Mustangs Thursday and a 3-2 contest Friday to the defending champion Brooks Bandits.