Local Sports

A local hockey player will be donning the Team Canada jersey and playing for her country at the 2013 IIHF Ice Hockey U-18 Women's World Championship.

Both the men's and women's Olds College Broncos varsity volleyball teams won the Western Canadian College Volleyball Championships hosted by Olds College Friday and Saturday.

A charity roughstock event held in August at the Daines Rodeo grounds raised over $196,000 for programs in Central Alberta.

When the Eagles burst out of the gates for the first period of play on home ice against the Sylvan Lake Admirals the pace was fast-paced.

The Innisfail Aquatic Centre was packed with parents, fans and water polo players from near and far for a weekend of riveting action as the Innisfail Hurricanes hosted a tournament Dec. 1-2.

The Olds Spartans wrestling team performed well in its first tournament of the season on the weekend in Wetaskiwin, with several wrestlers taking home medals from the event.

Being involved with high school sports not only helps enhance skill levels but it is a chance to know more people, a way to relieve stress, achieving a feeling of importance and being in a place where they feel they belong.

The Olds Grizzlys split a pair of Alberta Junior Hockey League games on the weekend, losing 5-2 against the Okotoks Oilers on Saturday before beating the Calgary Canucks 7-2 at the Olds Sports Complex on Sunday.

Jylissa Williams led the Olds College women's Broncos varsity basketball team to a big 90-82 win on Friday night over the Medicine Hat College Rattlers in Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference action at the Ralph Klein Centre.

The Olds Grizzlys got a split in weekend games at the Olds Sports Complex with Dylan Hubbs scoring the overtime winner on Saturday against the Drayton Valley Thunder for a 2-1 victory.