Local Sports

It was a very excited weekend for Sundre U16 boys in Saint Paul playing Provincial games.

Young athletes from the Innisfail Minor Lacrosse Association gave a fine account of themselves during the 35th Annual Canada Day Tournament in Calgary.

Nearly 130 players took to the fairways at the Innisfail Golf Club under sunny skies Thursday for the 2011 Innisfail Rotary 25th Anniversary Golf Tournament. “It was gorgeous,” Club president Jean Barclay said of the weather. “Lucky us.

Callee Heywood is proof brains and brawn do mix. Heywood, 21, recently returned home to Innisfail after completing both her collegiate sporting career and undergraduate degree at Union College in Schenectady, NY.

When the game ended the Innisfail Indians’ 8 – 3 home field loss on June 29 to the defending league champion Red Deer Goliath Razorbacks was not as important as the lessons learned.

They are little and young. Sometimes just two years old and only two feet tall. But their attitude says they are as tough and ready as any seasoned cowboy.

The Olds Stingers recorded a tie and a loss on the weekend in Rocky Mountain Lacrosse League action, tying the Lacoka Locos 8-8 at home and losing 10-5 to the Rockyview Silvertips on the road.

Ron Sweetman returned last week from watching some of the best golfers in the world compete for the U.S. Open title at the Congressional Country Club in Bethesda, Maryland. Sweetman was in the Washington, D.C.

Junior golfers from across the province will gather in Carstairs on July 12 to participate in the McLellan Ross Sun Junior Tour.

The Carstairs Cubs exacted some revenge on the Innisfail Indians last week, following a loss to the south division leaders the week before.