Local Sports

The Olds Grizzlys made a flurry of trades leading up to the Alberta Junior Hockey League trade deadline this past week.

Following are the latest scores for the Olds College Broncos basketball and volleyball teams. The women's basketball team split a two-game series with the Medicine Hat College Rattlers, losing 96-70 on Friday, Jan. 12.

INNISFAIL – For 72 years area farmers, farmerettes and local businesses have been an example of teamwork in the community. The annual Innisfail Farmers and Farmerettes Bonspiel takes place Jan. 14 - 20 at the Innisfail Curling Club.

INNISFAIL - The Innisfail Eagles started the new year on a strong note with three of a possible four points in two home games last weekend. The Birds dropped a close 5-4 shootout decision to the Lacombe Generals Sunday afternoon (Jan.

The peewee B Huskies hosted five teams during the weekend’s home tournament, which was well organized and went off without a hitch, said the squad’s coach.

The past few days were rough ones for Olds College teams in the Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference (ACAC). In women's hockey, the Broncos were shut out in two back-to-back games versus the Grant MacEwan University Griffins.

A second well-known person has been confirmed for a major hockey fundraiser coming to Olds next month.

Three members of the Olds bantam elite Grizzlys female hockey team are set to hit the ice during the Alberta Winter Games, which take place Feb. 16 -19 in Fort McMurray.

Two Olds junior B lacrosse teams are moving up one tier each. When play in the Rocky Mountain Lacrosse League gets going again this April, the Mavericks will move up to tier I from tier II and the Stingers will rise from tier III to tier II.

PENHOLD – The Central Alberta Amazons are off to another strong season.