Local Sports

Given the option, Olds Grizzlys goaltender Jesse Gordichuk would prefer the endless onslaught of opposing shots each time.

Penhold's Skyhawks junior high basketball teams opened their inaugural seasons with victories on Dec. 16 against the Innisfail Mustangs.

The Olds High School senior basketball teams swept Didsbury High School on the road on Dec. 17. Nicole Schultz led the Spartans with a team-high 13 points as the senior girls beat the Dragons 44-40.

There would be no last-minute heroics for the visiting team on the second game of a back-to-back series as the Olds Grizzlys defeated the Lloydminster Bobcats 3-2 on Saturday at the Sportsplex.

The Innisfail Eagles were ambushed by the Bentley Generals in a 2-0 shutout played in Lacombe on Dec. 10.

Bowden's Ky Marshall was crowned the All Around Champion at this year's Canadian Finals Rodeo, leaving Rexall Place in Edmonton $39,709.28 richer. An All Around Champion must participate in one timed and one rough stock event at a rodeo.

Two members of the Olds Rapids Swim Club are donning special suits in an effort to raise awareness of breast cancer. Eight months ago, Cole Urbanowski's mother Shauna was diagnosed with breast cancer.

It's a lonely feeling going into a swim meet for the first time, standing on the blocks surrounded by judges and rows spectators. That is why the Olds Rapids Swim Club holds mini-meets to prepare its novice members for the real deal.

Football action will continue for several Olds High School (OHS) Spartans, as they depart for the inaugural ABC Current Star Border Bowl in Chilliwack, B.C. this weekend. The game will be played at Exhibition Stadium on Dec.

An Olds and District Special Olympics volunteer has received some high praise.