Local Sports

Hockey season briefly sprang back to life in Innisfail this month at the Innisfail Arena during the 19th annual Dean Turnquist Spring Fever Road Hockey Tournament.

The head coach of the Olds Rapids Swim Club has qualified to compete at an international championship in Montreal as well as a provincial swimming championship.

Badminton season for Innisfail's schools came to a close this past weekend in Red Deer with athletes from both the Catholic and public school systems. Janelle Agot and Tyler Watt, St.

Fresh off their victory over the Lethbridge Barracudas, the Olds Junior B Tier III Stingers beat the Calgary Wranglers 18-3 on May 6 at the Olds Sports Complex.

Close to 30 young aspiring football players in Olds were treated to the “Spring Fever” clinic behind Holy Trinity Catholic School on May 10, led by three CFL players.

The Innisfail Dolphins Swim Club turns 65 this year. Started in 1949, the competitive swim club operates under the guidelines of the Alberta Summer Swimming Association (ASSA), and swims out of the Innisfail Aquatic Centre.

Golf courses in the Sundre area plan to open for the season this week. Dean McBride, director of golf for Coyote Creek Golf Club just west of Sundre, said the course is opening Friday, weather permitting.

Innisfail Jr/Sr High School vice-principal Jeff Anderson is a leader both academically and athletically on court as coach of the Innisfail Cyclones girls senior volleyball team.

Players from the 2013-14 Olds Grizzlys team had a great deal to celebrate this past week.

Myrna Kissick is Innisfail's humble world champion and even though some may think she has more than earned the right to retire with full honours there are no notions of quitting for this queen of the courts.