Local Sports

Facing their toughest opponents of the season, the Penhold Amazons extended their unbeaten streak to eight games with wins over the Mountain View Hericanes and the Fort Saskatchewan Fury this weekend.

The Innisfail Eagles had a set of road games this past weekend. Game 1 was Friday night in Carstairs and Game 2 was Saturday night in Bentley. Carstairs is new to the Chinook League this year. They came together from a rec hockey team in Calgary.

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.