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Sundre is definitely on the map after the Sundre Minor Hockey Association (SMHA) placed a bid to host hockey provincial championships and won.

The Innisfail Eagles illuminated the goal light three times Jan. 11 at the Sylvan Lake Medican Multiplex, but their efforts weren't enough to stall the hometown Admirals, who managed four.

Top notch canoe polo players hit the Innisfail Aquatic Centre for what has become a choice event on the circuit. On Jan.

Watching Canada's national women's hockey team on TV when she was little made Taryn Baumgardt want to join CanSkate in Innisfail. More than a decade later following an impassioned performance at the 2013 IIHF World Women's Under-18 Championship Dec.

Out of 24 games the Innisfail Eagles played last year they lost 23 of them. When Brian Sutter arrived this season the past NHL Jack Adams-winning coach was determined to turn that stat around. The ex boss of the St.

The Innisfail Eagles flew into the New Year, edging out the Stony Plain Eagles 4-3, with razor sharp vision focused on upcoming playoffs and provincials. Saturday the team boarded the big white bus and headed north to Stony Plain.

Innisfail has been selected to host the 2013 Senior AA/A Investors Group Hockey Alberta Provincials April 5-7. The tournament will feature eight teams, including the various league champions.

When Spruce View resident Shylo Hendrickson, 18, went to the 2008 Alberta Summer Games for canoe polo, it was the official beginning of the start to her competitive athletic career.

The Eagles' race to the top was systematically dismantled by Bentley Dec. 19 at their barn 6-0.

Get ready to usher in a new year of engaging aquatic events with the Cottonwood Kayak Club's annual canoe polo tournament Jan. 12. Feisty wave warriors will go head to head from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.