Local Sports

Over 650 athletes from 32 teams competed in the Innisfail Spirit of the Sticks Lacrosse Tournament over the weekend with games spanning three days and played in two different towns.

Innisfail baseball fans had plenty to cheer about during the finals of the second annual Dallas Yarbrough Memorial Tournament this weekend.

After the track and field senior zone meet last Wednesday at Glenmore, seven out of the 12 Olds High School athletes who competed are on their way to provincials. “The zone meet went ahead. It was wet but very bearable,” said OHS coach Adam Hogarth.

After a close but harrowing loss against Chestermere, the OHS Spartans senior girls rugby team is looking back at a season full of highlights and tragedies, a twisting series of events with all the makings of good cinema. “We lost a very tight one.

Sundre's U-16 girls team takes on Acme at the Bergen Field last week. The team is Sundre's top league squad.

The Olds Stingers overcame a 4-0 first period deficit to beat the Rockyview Silvertips 9-8 in Rocky Mountain Lacrosse League Junior B Tier III action Sunday at the Olds Sportsplex.

Innisfail Junior Senior High School students will be spending the next week preparing for provincial and regional track meets after capturing the top spots in their qualifying meets.

The Innisfail Indians battled Mother Nature and tough pitching en route to a 1 and 1 record in Parkland Baseball League action last week.

After junior and senior track & field counties last week, head coach Adam Hogarth of Olds High School predicts one of his students could make it to provincials. Daniela Aguilar, 17, got first place in both the 400 m. dash and the 800 m.

There were a few heart-stopping moments May 17 as the Innisfail Indians needed extra innings to knock off the Olds Athletics 4-3 in their season opener.