Local Sports

The Tri-Diva Tri triathlon is returning to Olds for its third year but race director Deanne Jabs said volunteers are needed to ensure plans stay on track.

After placing fifth at the 2014 ASICs Cadet / Juvenile Canadian Wrestling Championships in Guelph, Ont, in the 65-kilogram category, Olds High School wrestler Maeghan Wild was chosen to serve as an alternate for Canada's national wrestling team in th

The Olds Sports Complex was filled to the brim over the weekend with the smiling faces of young skaters adorned in bright colourful costumes and eye-catching makeup.

The Innisfail Midget A Kinsmen Flyers are provincial silver medalists. Not only did they win silver in Edson at the provincial zone championships the weekend of March 20 to 23, but they also captured the Zone 4 title on Feb.

Innisfail Jr/Sr High School Grade 11 student Simon Bigger is an indoor soccer provincial champion with the U-18 Red Deer Renegades and he is not yet ready to hang up his cleats.

They entered the league as boys but are leaving as men.There were seven players aged 20 and older on the 2013-14 Olds Grizzlys roster. They will be graduating from junior A hockey.

In each hand, Clem Lapointe holds a rulebook for hockey referees.One is small, worn and with a sketched image on the front that, if you look hard, resembles a goalie stretching to block a puck.

The St. Marguerite Bourgeoys Bears had successful basketball seasons with the senior boys capturing the bronze medal in the Chinook's Edge Northern Athletic Association (CENAA) and the junior Bears boys going undefeated. St.

The Olds Grizzlys will look back to their glory years with food, shopping and of course, hockey, as they celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Centennial Cup-winning team. Proceeds from the festivities will go toward financial aid for the team.

Pacen VanderMeer is realizing his beautiful dream of the beautiful game. The 13-year-old Grade 8 student from Innisfail Middle School is in Spain this week practising and playing soccer at the national team training centre in Madrid.