Local Sports

With late registration wrapping up yesterday, Sundre Soccer Club officials are making final preparations for this year's soccer season.

Bowden town council unanimously rejected a request from Badger Daylighting Hydrovac Services to temporarily hook up to the town water supply to complete a two-month long job near Bowden.

The Special Olympics Association Innisfail chapter is celebrating its first award night next month. The group, just started last July, is still in its infancy with 14 athletes and two available sports. "We're trying to get the word out there.

Innisfail's swim team is looking for old and new members ready to dive in for the summer season. The Innisfail Dolphin Swim Club is now open for registrations for this year's swim season, running from May until late August.

The Innisfail Minor Soccer Association is still looking for volunteers for various positions. "We are always looking for coaches," said Trina Westman, the acting president and treasurer of the association.

The midget girls hockey team will be in Brooks this weekend competing at the provincial level.

The Penhold Amazons are out of playoff competition after a hard-fought weekend against the Lethbridge Jr. Eagles. "They were very close games," said co-coach Annette Jensen.

The Olds Grizzlys have a chance to move on to the third round of the Alberta Junior Hockey League playoffs tonight following three victories and one defeat last week against the Okotoks Oilers.

When he started swinging a rope at seven years old, being inducted into various halls of fame wasn't what was on a local champion tie-down roper's mind.

The Olds College Broncos women's varsity basketball team capped off its second-straight undefeated season – and third Alberta Colleges Athletic League championship in a row – with a 64-52 victory over their junior counterparts Saturday at the Ralph K