Local Sports

The Penhold Amazons defeated the Irma Chargers 5-4 Oct. 27. The Amazons, playing on their home ice at the Penhold Regional Multiplex, dominated on the ice in the second and third periods, said coach Doug Demott. “It was a good game.

The Olds Peewee Huskies were soundly defeated 49-0 by the Stettler Panthers on Saturday at Normie Kwong Park in Central Peewee Football League action.

Emma Malsbury from Penhold and Suze Vanderlinde from Spruce View became friends while playing on the Red Deer Sutter Fund Midget AAA women's hockey team.

The icy weather conditions may have been as miserable as both the peewee and bantam Innisfail Cyclones' seasons, but not everyone saw it that way.

The Didsbury Dragons are going to the championship game after winning last Saturday's football game against the Sundre Capital Pressure Bison 40-9.

The Innisfail Eagles defeated the Sylvan Lake Admirals but lost to the Bentley Generals this weekend, playing back-to-back games Oct. 19 and 20. The Eagles brought down the Admirals in Sylvan Lake 6-3 to kick off their weekend.

Innisfail Minor Football coach Wally Genz has been named a “Regional Game Changer” in a national contest, thanks to his impact both on and off the field.

Two local high school cross-country runners finished in the top 10 at the provincials held in Red Deer Oct. 20.

Both the men's and women's Olds College Broncos Alberta Colleges Athletic League volleyball teams had tough weekends, going winless in home-and-home matches against the Ambrose University College Lions on Friday and Saturday.

The Olds Grizzlys suffered three straight defeats last week, extending their current winless streak to four straight Alberta Junior Hockey League games.