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The Olds Grizzlys held their Cash for Christmas draw the evening of Dec. 21 at the Sportsplex. Bob Delong was the grand prize winner of $15,000. Rhonda Clarke-Tobin from Stony Plain won the second prize, $10,000. Justin Dickneother won $5,000.

The Grizzlys head into the Christmas break with a 14-19-2 record, with the team sitting sixth in the AJHL South. "At the start of the year, if you said to us, you'd be there at that time of the year, we'd probably take it.

The Innisfail female atom Flyers are hosting the 2016 Female Atom Provincial Championships next March. The news came via a live announcement in Red Deer on Dec. 15.

Innisfail Minor Hockey recently held their annual atom tournament at the twin arena. "Each team is guaranteed three games so they have a chance to play lots of hockey,î said Jaclyn Wright, co-cordinator of the tournament.

Team Chyz skip Nadine Chyz (centre) releases the rock while teammates Heather Rogers, left, and Whitney Eckstrand, right, get ready to sweep during the Southern Alberta Ladies Playdowns, held at the Olds Curling Club Dec. 18-20.

The Sundre peewee Huskies finished in the middle of the pack following an annual tournament on home ice held Dec. 11-13. "We did alright,î said coach Chris Craig. "We finished in fourth.

Olds will host the 2016 Hockey Alberta Midget A Female Provincial Championships. The tournament will take place from March 10-13. The Olds midget A female Grizzlys will automatically get berths as host team. That announcement was made last week.

Whether it's rebounding, shot-blocking, shooting or handling the rock, Baylen Unger is doing it all for the Spartans senior boy's basketball team. Unger was last year's starting power forward.

The Olds Grizzlys have added Pat Seeley to their coaching staff. Seeley, an Olds resident, fills in when other assistant coaches cannot make it to games. He helps run a skill development practice each week, with a large emphasis on skating.

The Olds Koinonia Christian School Royals beat the Olds High School Spartans 48-29 at the Ralph Klein Centre gymnasium on Dec. 10. Dayna Sewell led the way for the Royals, scoring 10 points. The Spartans' Regan Dagg scored a game-high 12 points.