Local Sports

People are often nostalgic about playing sports and Adam Hogarth is no different. Hogarth, a phys-ed teacher at Olds High School, was up one night thinking about his days as a varsity athlete.

The Olds Koinonia Christian School junior A girls basketball team was able to celebrate winning the South Central 1J zone championship on their home court on the weekend of March 7 and 8.

The Innisfail Jr/Sr High School girls and boys basketball seasons have come to an end and they are champions in every sense of the word.

It was a great weekend for Olds Minor Hockey as four of the association's teams ended up winning championships or provincial tournaments.

Figure skating is 50 years old in town and the Innisfail Skating Club is preparing to celebrate with its ìBig Top of Skatingî show. The skating club will host the event March 22 at the Innisfail Arena starting at 2 p.m.

Okotoks Drillers forward Michael Kneeland is enjoying his life as an Innisfail Eagle.

Members of the Sundre Minor Hockey Association (SMHA) are reducing dynamite registration fees by more than 50 per cent, in an effort to recruit more kids to join the team in the fall.

The Innisfail Eagles are down three games to zero after a 5-4 double overtime loss to the Bentley Generals in their Chinook Hockey League final that saw a standout performance from Eagles' goalie Jonathan Larose.

It wasn't pretty. In fact it was downright nasty, except for a desperate flurry at the end. No matter.

On the bus ride into Okotoks on the afternoon of March 12, there was only subdued chatter among the Olds Grizzlys as they thought about the do-or-die final game of their best-of-five series against the Okotoks Oilers.