Local Sports

Plans for the upcoming provincial hockey championship to be hosted at the Innisfail Twin Arena the first weekend in April have begun to materialize.

On the night of Feb. 9, Jylisa Williams smashed an 18-year-old Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference (ACAC) single-game scoring record when she tallied 52 points against the Red Deer College Queens.

Mackenzie Ramsall has been recognized provincially for her achievements in track and field. The 15-year-old Innisfailian was nominated for Athletics Alberta's top female midget athlete (ages 14-15) for the year 2012.

After an eventful season both boys and girls Grade 8-9 basketball teams came out victorious in regular season play. With a win in Delburne the girls clinched the top slot in the league and are looking forward to hosting playoffs Tuesday, Feb.

Two Sundre-raised curlers won the B event in the Men's Alberta Provincial Curling Championships last week, which were held in Leduc.

A bunch of local youth are twirling and ice dancing their way through the winter blahs. Local figure skaters recently returned from the Didsbury Rising Star Fun Meet with a treasure trove of medals, and can't wait for the big ice show to come.

The Central Alberta Amazons blasted the Medicine Hat Hounds 7-2 in the second last game of the regular season for a team that has grown increasingly close over the course of the year.

Seventeen-year-old Sundre-raised Hayley Lukacs has been more than successful in her figure skating career, which began when she was eight.

The Eagles gave archrivals the Bentley Generals a run for their money in first round playoff action but let victory drift into the distance as the Generals shifted into high gear both away (5-1) and at home (6-3).

School basketball teams have been gelling well as the season progresses. At the Olds tournament over the weekend the Senior Girls lost to Strathmore by 20, lost to Olds by 25 and lost to Canmore by 30.