Local Sports

The Olds Bantam Bulldogs football team was surprised by an aerial attack from the Lindsay Thurber Junior Raiders with the Raiders scoring four touchdowns on long passes during Central Alberta Football League play on Saturday.

The veteran-laden Olds Spartans football team took full advantage of a young Canmore Collegiate High School Wolverines squad beating the visitors 64-7 on Saturday at Normie Kwong Park.

The Pee Wee Cyclones football team got its 2011 season underway last Saturday afternoon with a huge win over the Strathmore Spartans at the legendary McMahon Stadium, home of the Calgary Stampeders. The Cyclones defeated the Spartans 64-8.

On Thursday, September 15th the Innisfail Eagles hosted their first-ever charity golf tournament at the Innisfail Golf Club. One hundred and thirty golfers came out in support of the Eagles and Innisfail’s Helping Hand Fund.

It’s a happy ending for Cara Vanderham who finished her season taking tour champ title at Wolf Creek last month. “I’ve played the tour since I started competing.

They’re sore, they’re tired but they’re happy. Close to 40 players turned out Saturday for the 24-hour charity hockey game in support of Children Cancer Foundation at the Penhold Multiplex, with an unofficial count of $3,230 raised.

Open tournament play at the Innisfail Golf Club has wrapped up for another season following the successful completion of last week’s pro-am and mixed open tournaments.

Fatigued by “going around and around” on whether the town should build a brand new arena for the community, council is now moving towards a stopgap measure of giving the existing aging facility a major renovation.

A proverbial dark horse rode three strong rounds to win the annual Men’s Open golf tournament at the Innisfail Golf Club Sept. 3-5. When the 54-hole match play tournament wrapped up on Sept.

Interest in boys’ volleyball has spiked this year, which is good news for Innisfail Jr./Sr.High School, which hasn’t seen a senior boys team in years, said athletic director Jeff Anderson.