Local Sports

Dozens of players from Innisfail's girls minor hockey recently participated in the 2015 Canadian Tire Wickenheiser World Female Hockey Festival, known as Wickfest, in Calgary.

It was not the start they wanted, but the scoreboard doesn't always define the battle.

Olds and District Special Olympics (ODSO) athletes got a chance to test their floor hockey skills and just plain have fun with two hockey teams during the past couple of weeks. The latest match took place Nov. 30 versus the Olds Grizzlys.

PENHOLD - The town is moving forward with a new mutual aid agreement with the City of Red Deer. The Town of Penhold and City of Red Deer first entered into a mutual aid agreement back in March of 1979.

The Buck Mountain Mustangs defeated the Bowden Blazers 72-30 in their Alberta Six-man League Tier II final on Nov. 26. “They're tough because they have an offence that runs the ball very well,” said Blazers head coach Chris Grudeski.

Bowden council has demonstrated that it backs the Bowden Blades Pee Wee hockey team. This past week, council approved a request from the team for a $250 donation.

Crossfield's Ian Lowther is the first provincial qualifier for the Olds Rapids Swim Club. The 16-year-old qualified for the Alberta Provincial Championships as a Paralympic swimmer in the 50-metre freestyle.

Teams in the Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference are taking their mid-season break before play resumes in 2016. Here is where Olds College teams stand. Women's basketball: 3-6, sixth place. Men's basketball: 6-3, third place.

This year's Broncos women's basketball team isn't quite like last year's. That team raced out to a 9-0 start to the ACAC season and took bronze at the provincial championship.

This year's Vanier Cup was like a fairy tale for Olds' Dwayne Neustaeter, now a running back for the University of British Columbia Thunderbirds.