Local Sports

The town’s main outdoor recreational facilities are open just in time for the Christmas break. On Dec.

The Olds High School junior boys' and Olds Koinonia Christian School junior girls' basketball teams swept their respective slates at the Chinook's Edge Junior A Basketball tournament Friday and Saturday at the Ralph Klein Centre.

The Olds Grizzlys lost on home ice 5-1 on Saturday at the Olds Sports Complex to the Lloydminster Bobcats, capping off a 2-2 week that saw the local Alberta Junior Hockey League team play four games in the span of five days.

The Olds High School Spartans football team hosted its annual banquet and awards ceremony last week, highlighting some of the accomplishments of the team's players this season.

The Olds College Broncos men's basketball team rebounded Thursday from an earlier defeat at the hands of the Canadian University College Aurora by dumping the visitors 79-70 at the Ralph Klein Centre.

The Hurricanes water polo teams will be diving into different pools in the next few weeks while the Innisfail Aquatic Centre closes for annual maintenance.

Coming into the Christmas break the Penhold Amazons have plenty of reasons to be happy. For most of the season, the third for the Alberta Junior Female Hockey League (AJFHL), the defending league champion Amazons have been the team to beat.

The Olds Grizzlys snapped their 12-game winless skid on Friday with a 3-2 victory over the Calgary Canucks in Alberta Junior Hockey League action. The win at the Olds Sports Complex was the team's first since defeating the Canucks on Oct.

The Olds Grizzlys embarked on a new direction in the coaching department last week with the resignation of head coach Kevin Willison on Nov. 28.

The Innisfail Pee Wee Cyclones football team had its final wrap-up for the season last month with its annual banquet held at the legion Nov. 23.