Local Sports

Fans were treated to a series of high-energy lacrosse games over the weekend that showed the determination of local forces on the floor and in the stands.

The level of conversation rises and falls throughout the second-floor bar at the Penhold Regional Multiplex over the course of the evening, but the steady stream of projectiles heading horizontally through the air is nearly continuous.

A total of 23 members of the Olds High School track and field team qualified for the zone championships while competing at the Mountain View County Championships held in Didsbury on May 15.

It took nearly 26 hours in the air and a shellacking from their Spanish counterparts.

There are some high hopes at Olds High School for a great track and field season from the school's athletes.

The Innisfail Phantoms showed their dominant stripes as lacrosse action complete with bodychecks, crisp passing and stunning goals sent the season into high gear.

Three students attending Sundre High School (SHS) are sports stars in the community. Raised in Sundre, brothers Joris, Jelmer and Jitse vanden Hadelkamp each take pride in their athletic abilities.

The Olds High School Spartans boys soccer team was in tough against the Lindsay Thurber Comprehensive High School Raiders on May 9, losing 5-2 on the Spartans' field.

Myrl Goddard is an easily recognizable man around town.

The Olds Stingers came out on the wrong side of an 11-5 score against the Calgary Axemen-Mavericks on May 12 in Rocky Mountain Lacrosse League play. The Stingers got on the board first, with a marker by Shea Layden four minutes into the game.