Local Sports

For the last three weeks baseball and softball pitchers have been getting ready for the season practicing their throws in the high school gym at night.

The Innisfail Pee Wee AA Legion Flyers went all the way to semi finals during provincial hockey tournament in Grand Prairie March 16 to 18. The team of 16 lost their first game Friday night to Camrose 10-4.

The Innisfail Pee Wee B girls took silver in the provincials hosted in town over the weekend.

It's just about time for local lacrosse players to grab their sticks and get ready to play. The season starts the weekend of April 14 with a series of league games in Red Deer.

Up to 400 riders are expected to descend on the MegaDome this weekend for the Alberta Bicycle Association's first race of the 2012 BMX season.

Despite being down two games to none after 7-1 and 4-3 (overtime) losses to the Brooks Bandits over the weekend, the Olds Grizzlys were brimming with confidence heading into Game 3 of their Alberta Junior Hockey League semifinal series Monday night.

The Olds Female Bantam Renegades claimed the Rocky Mountain Hockey League title on the weekend, beating the Calgary Inferno in two consecutive games. Keira Davidson was the scoring hero in the clinching game, getting both goals.

Blades Over Broadway, the theme of this year's year-end carnival for the Olds Figure Skating Club, was a successful event with one of the largest ever crowds to watch the skaters perform their routines on Sunday at the Olds Sports Complex.

Girls fall short at provincials The Boarding Kennels Midget Flyers were in Brooks over the St. Patrick's Day weekend competing at a provincial level.

A proud family returned home to their supportive hometown of Sundre recently boasting a world junior men's curling champion and a near women's semi-finalist in the same competition in their midst.