Local Sports

Play ball. Innisfail minor ball teams have hit the ball diamonds, thanks to a warm and dry winter season. “It's been good. We started the first part of April.

For 21 years the Dean Turnquist Spring Fever Road Hockey Tournament has had a sacred mission to raise money to help underprivileged kids play sports.

Innisfail softball teams have been on the ball diamonds fine-tuning their skills in preparation for another successful season. “They're all signed up and are practising now.

There are more than 1.2 million Canadian adults who play in hockey beer leagues, and none more proud to suit up than those who play for the Bowden Night Hawks.

Power, speed and built for the strip. Don Newlove's passion for drag racing and motorcycles has taken him across North America and placed him at the top as one of the best in the business today. “I build them pretty much right from scratch.

The Ralph Klein Centre is hosting the Alberta Baton Twirling Association Provincial Championships this weekend from April 29 to May 1.

Local track and field athlete Andreas Troschke is ready for a big season after medalling at an elite invitational meet south of the border this month.

Grizzlys captain Jack Goranson will be skating for the York University Lions next season in Toronto. The Lions program had been eyeing the defenceman as early as October, watching several more games during the season.

The Sundre atom Huskies have every reason to hold their heads high following last month's provincials. The team not only won its zone to make provincials for the first time, but it also went on to become champions, said coach Ian Barnett.

The Sundre Curling Club welcomed to its recent annual open spiel some unique visitors who travelled thousands of kilometres to practise as much as possible ahead of a national competition in their home country.