Local Sports

One local football player will be getting a chance to improve his skills at an elite camp being held next August in Virginia.

The Olds Grizzlys won two of three games last week in Alberta Junior Hockey League action, defeating the Calgary Mustangs 4-1, beating the St. Albert Steel 6-1 and losing 7-4 to the Grande Prairie Storm.

The Innisfail Eagles opened their 2011 Chinook Hockey League season this past weekend with two home games. First off was Friday night when they hosted the Sylvan Lake Admirals.

Innisfail Jr./Sr. High school city girls team placed second place in the A side playoffs at a home tourney over the weekend. The Grade 8 and 9 girls beat out Sundre and Delburne in the playoffs but lost to HJ Cody in the finals.

The Central Alberta Amazons continued their winning ways over the weekend, picking up two wins to improve their season record to 6 wins and 0 losses.

Despite the fold of the varsity football program in Innisfail, the devoted found a way to continue playing. Luke Marshall, Grade 12 linebacker, travels to Sylvan Lake almost every day for practice and elsewhere over the weekends for games.

The Sundre High School cross-country team competed in provincials this past Saturday, in the beautiful Cyprus Hills area. Hosted by Eagle Butte High School, the planning committee organized a challenging course.

Sundre's Hannah Mousek and Innisfail's Taryn Baumgardt were selected to the U-18 Alberta women's hockey team that will be competing at the 2011 National Women's Under 18 championship in Saguenay, Quebec from Nov. 2 to 6.

Despite a convincing 56-30 victory of the hometown Olds Bulldogs over the Drumheller Titans in Central Alberta Football League action on Saturday, there is still room for improvement in the ‘dogs play, says coach Neil Skaluba.

The Olds Grizzlys lost three games last week, extending their current losing streak to six games.