Local Sports

Local basketball teams have begun to finesse their rosters in anticipation of a brand new season on the courts. Already Innisfail Jr./Sr.

A pervasive quiet enveloped the community bus that took the Eagles from the smokestacks of Innisfail into refinery country to face off against the Fort Saskatchewan Chiefs.

The Grade 8 girls “Blue” volleyball team from Innisfail Jr./Sr. High came in second in the Chinook's Edge Northern Athletics Association playoffs. “The Blue team went through and they won,” said Jeff Anderson, athletics director at the high school.

After a week of competing at the Canadian Finals Rodeo, Dylan Bilton grabbed tight to the bareback riggin' handle on the horse in his final performance Saturday. He couldn't see a spare seat in Edmonton's Rexall Place, and many were standing.

The Olds College Broncos men's junior varsity volleyball team is heading into the playoffs this weekend on a high note, toppling the previously undefeated Ambrose University College Lions in five sets on Saturday in Alberta Colleges Athletic League p

After enduring an eight-game losing streak, the Olds Grizzlys put together a modest three-game winning streak last week in Alberta Junior Hockey League action. The Grizzlys finished the week on Sunday by knocking off the Fort McMurray Oil Barons 4-2.

Any hopes remaining of a football turnaround this season for the Cyclones were dashed Oct. 27 when the peewee team was knocked out of the playoffs by the Stettler Panthers 57-0.

Going into this season, local curlers may have witnessed more enthusiasm and growth for the sport in the past but there is also plenty of hope for the future. The local curling season began with league play at the Sundre Curling Club on Oct.

The Olds College Broncos women's basketball team ended their first two Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference games with a win and a loss on the weekend on their home court.

The Innisfail Eagles are tied for first in the Chinook Hockey League standings after defeating the Ft. Saskatchewan Chiefs 4-2 Oct. 27. The Eagles faced off against the Chiefs at home. The Ft.