Local Sports

The 36th annual Olds Farmers and 33rd annual Farmerettes bonspiels were both “exceptionally successful, given the current downturn in the economy,” organizing committee chair Gene Leonard says.

Innisfail's Blake Anderson brought home a silver medal from the 2016 Alberta Winter Games. Anderson, 14, was one of three Innisfail athletes to compete for Zone 4 in the biennial event in Medicine Hat from Feb. 13 to 16.

An area woman placed seventh in the Pro division at the largest CrossFit competition in Western Canada this month. Jennifer Jackson, 27, is a coach at the Iron Age CrossFit gym in Olds. She is also a Sundre High School teacher. From Feb.

Good time tournament adult recreational hockey is making its annual return to Innisfail this month. The annual Innisfail Rec Hockey Tournament will kick off Friday, Feb. 26 and run to Feb. 28 at the red rink of the Innisfail Arena.

The Innisfail Minor Lacrosse Association is presenting its first-ever camps for tyke and mini tyke divisions in February and March.

The Innisfail Minor Lacrosse Association is presenting its first-ever camps for tyke and mini tyke divisions in February and March.

They're big, they gallop down the floor and move the ball at a dizzying pace, sinking open jumpers.

Good time tournament adult recreational hockey is making its annual return to Innisfail this month. The annual Innisfail Rec Hockey Tournament will kick off Friday, Feb. 26 and run to Feb. 28 at the red rink of the Innisfail Arena.

A Crossfield woman has started an online crowdfunding page to support Olds wrestler Danielle Lappage as she trains for the Olympic Games in Rio De Janeiro this summer. Emily Gatez, 21, is dating Lappage's brother Austin.

The new Penhold Minor Soccer Association is hoping for a repeat of soccer success in town. “We have an association formed and now we are looking for volunteers in the community,” said Melanie Willerth, community program coordinator with the town.