Local Sports

Increasing the enrollment at medical schools in Alberta is one recommendation some local leaders in Olds would make if they were appointed to Premier Jim Prentice's panel charged with reviewing rural health care.

The Olds Grizzlys emerged victorious at home on Sept. 23 against the Brooks Bandits in their first game against the team that swept them in the second round of last season's playoffs.

The Ecole Deer Meadow School Titans finished second in the junior girls B division at the Junior High Volleyball Jamboree, held at the Ralph Klein Centre from Sept. 19 to 20.

With three skates under their belts, head coach Brian Sutter of the Innisfail Eagles is already looking forward to a better season than last year.

Innisfail paddlers are poised to take over the world, or at least the world of international water polo.

Innisfail's mixed martial arts dojo has won gold in a Submission Ace Championship competition recently held in Blackfalds. The Summer Nogi Classic was held on Sept.

When the Innisfail Minor Football Association (IMFA) called, the Calgary Stampeders came running. The CFL squad sent two players to help unite the new Innisfail Cyclones with their new Olds-based teammates.

The Olds High School (OHS) Spartans football team lost its first game of the year 16-3 to the Bishop Carroll High School Cardinals at Normie Kwong Park on Sept. 18. “They came to play. They've got lots of bodies, which helped them.

In only about two months of training, Olds' Elise Jackson has become one of the strongest 19-year-olds in the country. From Sept. 13 to 14, Jackson competed at the 100% RAW Powerlifting Nationals in Calgary.

The 2014-15 volleyball season is here and Innisfail middle, junior and senior high schools have all started their practices. With their first games and tournaments under their belts, the middle school gymnasium and the new Innisfail Jr./Sr.