Local Sports

After a Junior A career that sent him to Drumheller and Fort McMurray, Mike Marianchuk, 21, finally captured the prize he was aiming for all along – a post-secondary hockey scholarship.

Olds College announced on April 24 that Bob Murray will take over as acting director of the school’s athletics, health and wellness department from Greg Lendvay.

Honouring the players for a year of hard work and dedication was the order of the night on April 27 during the Olds Grizzlys annual awards banquet.

Plenty of badminton players from Olds are heading to zones tournaments in the next two weeks now that the Chinook's Edge South Athletics Association tournament has wrapped up.

The Chinook's Edge School Division has banned regional lacrosse teams from practising in its facilities.

Innisfail Special Olympians brought two medals home from the 2013 Special Olympics Alberta Spring Games in Red Deer over the April 20 weekend.

Local lacrosse teams got their first taste of competition at the Eye Opener tournament in Red Deer April 13-14 with midget and bantam squads winning all their games.

As snow melts away local golfers are getting antsy to shoot for the green at the Innisfail Golf Club.

Hike up your shin pads, because the soccer season has begun for the Sundre Soccer Club.

Olds College's athletes traded in jerseys, shorts and cleats for suits, dresses and high-heeled shoes at the school's annual Broncos Athletics Awards Night at the Ralph Klein Centre on April 10.