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The Olds Grizzlys came away with only one win in four games last week while playing four games in five days. The Grizzlys lost to the Okotoks Oilers 5-3 on Jan.

For diehard Innisfail lacrosse players an opportunity to play is not hard to find. Both experienced and newbie players can be found at the Winter Lax 2014 event, set to run at the Innisfail High School gymnasium from Jan. 8 to March 2.

Marc Eremenko scored his first goal of the season on Jan. 4, giving the Olds Grizzlys a 4-3 victory over the Drumheller Dragons in Alberta Junior Hockey League action.

There was more fighting than scoring in the first period of the Olds Grizzlys' last game of 2013 at the Olds Sports Complex on Dec. 21.

The Innisfail Senior High Cyclones boys basketball team is off to a roaring start. “The boys have played well since the beginning of the season,” said coach Ed Coles.

There was a feeling of déjà vu for Brian Sutter and his Innisfail Eagles on Dec. 18. The road game against the fast becoming archrival Bentley Generals was close and tight, just as it was when the two teams last met in Innisfail on Nov. 8.

Olds Grizzlys forward Tyler Kerner is mourning the loss of friend Taylor William Elliott, a former Grizzlys player who was recently found dead near his home in Pincher Creek on Dec. 17 after a two-week search.

After winning gold at seven major events and being named Water Ski and Wakeboard Canada’s (WSWC) male athlete of the year, it’s a no-brainer for Ryan Dodd to call 2013 his "best year on record.

When the Brooks Bandits scored their third goal in the first eight minutes of the game—after Brooks' Brandon Bruce snuck the puck through the slimmest of slots between Ethan Jemieff's left blocker pad and the right net post— the Olds Grizzlys were re

The Olds Grizzlys split a pair of weekend games, losing 4-2 to the Canmore Eagles on Dec. 15 and blanking the Calgary Mustangs 2-0 two days earlier.