Local Sports

The Generals and their army rolled into Innisfail on Friday night looking to withdraw some more blood from Brian Sutter and his Eagles. The last time the Gens were in town was for the Eagles' home opener.

Local hockey player Taryn Baumgardt was on the ice playing defence for Team Alberta during the 2012 National Women's Under-18 Championship held in Dawson Creek Nov. 7-11. Though Team Alberta came in seventh, Baumgardt was happy with her time there.

As the white stuff engulfs the world around us many turn to mountain slope escapes for downhill adventures.

The Sundre-based Mountainview Taekwondo Club is rolling along with golden winning efforts following its successful 19th annual local tournament on Oct. 27. Club members went to Edmonton on Nov.

Local basketball teams have begun to finesse their rosters in anticipation of a brand new season on the courts. Already Innisfail Jr./Sr.

A pervasive quiet enveloped the community bus that took the Eagles from the smokestacks of Innisfail into refinery country to face off against the Fort Saskatchewan Chiefs.

The Grade 8 girls “Blue” volleyball team from Innisfail Jr./Sr. High came in second in the Chinook's Edge Northern Athletics Association playoffs. “The Blue team went through and they won,” said Jeff Anderson, athletics director at the high school.

After a week of competing at the Canadian Finals Rodeo, Dylan Bilton grabbed tight to the bareback riggin' handle on the horse in his final performance Saturday. He couldn't see a spare seat in Edmonton's Rexall Place, and many were standing.

The Olds College Broncos men's junior varsity volleyball team is heading into the playoffs this weekend on a high note, toppling the previously undefeated Ambrose University College Lions in five sets on Saturday in Alberta Colleges Athletic League p

After enduring an eight-game losing streak, the Olds Grizzlys put together a modest three-game winning streak last week in Alberta Junior Hockey League action. The Grizzlys finished the week on Sunday by knocking off the Fort McMurray Oil Barons 4-2.