Local Sports

The Olds Grizzlys were close to a .500 record with three games remaining going into the two-week holiday break, something Brett Hopfe, the team's head coach said was a positive development.

It all started with a pickup game during the Christmas break in 2011. The game has grown into a serious championship contest, complete with trophy and fans. The puck drops on the 3rd Annual Innisfail Christmas Classic at 2 p.m. on Dec.

Heading into the Christmas break both the Innisfail Eagles and Okotoks Drillers wanted to make statements during their game on Dec. 11.

Wrestlers from Olds High School went into a two-week break for the holiday season on a high note after three Spartans captured medals in various divisions at a tournament in Lethbridge.

The Olds Grizzlys, despite winning two of three games last week, can't seem to escape the bottom half of the Alberta Junior Hockey League south division standings.

Wrestlers from Olds High School performed well at the first tournament of the season in Calgary on December 7 and 8.

The one-year-old Innisfail Skating Club is off to a good start.

Innisfailian Taryn Baumgardt, a member of the world championship gold medal winning Canadian U-18 team, will be strutting her stuff Dec. 22 at the Innisfail Arena.

The Olds High School junior basketball teams were only able to muster one win between them against some tough competition at the school's annual junior varsity tournament on December 6 and 7.

The Olds College Broncos curling teams had good results during the fall regional Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference bonspiel from November 22 to 24 in Camrose, according to coach Barb Dixon.