Local Sports

The Innisfail Aquatic Centre was abuzz with activity as the Innisfail Dolphins hosted its annual swim meet this past weekend. Approximately 360 swimmers from eleven visiting teams arrived Friday to compete in this two-day event.

The Olds High School rugby season wasn't quite what the players had hoped for going into the spring, but the players gave it a good effort and many will be back next year, said coach George Grant. The team finished with a 1-5 record.

The Olds Stingers were waiting last week to hear whether or not their last games of the Rocky Mountain Lacrosse League junior B season on June 22 and June 23 will be rescheduled at some point and when playoffs will get underway.

In 2011 the Innisfail Cyclones peewee football team were provincial gold medal champions. The following year they plummeted to last place without a win in the regular season. The bantam Cyclones also failed to pick up a win in the 2012 season.

The Sundre Skatepark Society has been granted consent from Town of Sundre council to build a concrete addition onto the skate park.

The Sundre U-12 soccer team played well in its district finals over the weekend, but will not be advancing to provincials.

The Innisfail Minor Ball Association hosted its fifth annual Girls Softball Tournament June 14 through June 16. Teams from Elkford, B.C.

The fifth annual Rocky Mountain Hockey Challenge has been postponed due to the flooding across Southern Alberta.

The Olds Grizzlys have made a few roster moves in preparation for the 2013 training camp in August. The club has completed a trade initiated on Dec. 1, 2012 by sending defenceman Connar Bass to the Calgary Mustangs.

The Medicine Hat Sun Devils snapped the Olds junior B Stingers' three-game winning streak on June 16, beating Olds 10-3 in Medicine Hat.