Local Sports

Good time tournament adult recreational hockey is making its annual return to Innisfail this month. The annual Innisfail Rec Hockey Tournament will kick off Friday, Feb. 26 and run to Feb. 28 at the red rink of the Innisfail Arena.

The Innisfail Minor Lacrosse Association is presenting its first-ever camps for tyke and mini tyke divisions in February and March.

The Innisfail Minor Lacrosse Association is presenting its first-ever camps for tyke and mini tyke divisions in February and March.

They're big, they gallop down the floor and move the ball at a dizzying pace, sinking open jumpers.

Good time tournament adult recreational hockey is making its annual return to Innisfail this month. The annual Innisfail Rec Hockey Tournament will kick off Friday, Feb. 26 and run to Feb. 28 at the red rink of the Innisfail Arena.

A Crossfield woman has started an online crowdfunding page to support Olds wrestler Danielle Lappage as she trains for the Olympic Games in Rio De Janeiro this summer. Emily Gatez, 21, is dating Lappage's brother Austin.

The new Penhold Minor Soccer Association is hoping for a repeat of soccer success in town. “We have an association formed and now we are looking for volunteers in the community,” said Melanie Willerth, community program coordinator with the town.

Grizzlys forward Wyatt Noskey is proving himself to be one of Dana Lattery's best off-season acquisitions. As of writing, the 21-year-old from High Prairie is leading the AJHL in scoring with 25 goals and 42 assists.

Slight and unassuming Boedy Shields, 16, could pass for the leading chess player at the Didsbury High School but he is an emerging box lacrosse star.

The Sundre midget tier 3 Huskies are aiming to repeat last year's first-place finish in the North Central Minor Hockey Association's league championship finals. "We're in second place right now," coach Brad Price told the Round Up.