Local Sports

The one-year-old Innisfail Skating Club is off to a good start.

Innisfailian Taryn Baumgardt, a member of the world championship gold medal winning Canadian U-18 team, will be strutting her stuff Dec. 22 at the Innisfail Arena.

The Olds High School junior basketball teams were only able to muster one win between them against some tough competition at the school's annual junior varsity tournament on December 6 and 7.

The Olds College Broncos curling teams had good results during the fall regional Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference bonspiel from November 22 to 24 in Camrose, according to coach Barb Dixon.

The Olds Grizzlys split a pair of games on the road last week, losing 4-2 to the Canmore Eagles on Nov. 26 and beating the Calgary Canucks 5-2 on Nov. 30 in Alberta Junior Hockey League play.

The Olds High School Spartans football team wrapped up another year on Nov. 26 during the team's awards night held at the school.

With the first half of the Alberta Colleges Athletic Conferences season coming to a close last week for basketball and volleyball, only the Olds College Broncos women's volleyball team had a winning record.

Brett Hopfe, head coach of the Olds Grizzlys, was unhappy with the officiating following a lopsided 10-2 loss at the hands of the Spruce Grove Saints on Nov. 23 in Alberta Junior Hockey League play.

Olds' minor hockey teams are off to a good start midway through the 2013-14 season, with most squads sporting winning records throughout the first weeks of the season.

With a third of the regular season now done there is plenty of good for the Innisfail Eagles to reflect on. But that will never satisfy head coach Brian Sutter.