Local Sports

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.

The Olds Koinonia Christian School Royals senior girls volleyball team finished second at a zones tournament earlier this month, capping off the best showing for the team in 31 years.

Local runner Jelmer van den Hadelkamp will be attending the national cross-country meet on Nov. 30 in Vancouver and is the only student attending from Sundre High School.

Sundre High School's senior girls volleyball team placed first in the south division of their league this year. The team played against Olds in the south finals on Nov. 13 at the high school and won.

Keely-Anne Budd is not your average Grade 10 Innisfail Junior/Senior High School student. She isn't even your average Kempo Karate student. Just ask Grand Master Gil Lesantaise, he'll be glad to tell you.

Two Bowden-area cowboys competed at the Canadian Finals Rodeo (CFR) in Edmonton from November 6 to 10. Tanner Girletz and Ky Marshall competed in bull riding and bareback riding respectively at the event.

The Olds High School junior and senior girls' volleyball teams faced some tough competition on November 15 and 16 at their respective south central zone championships, with each team failing to win a match.