Local Sports

More than three dozen participants raised more than $6,000 during the 12-hour skate-a-thon event. Officials hope to hear this week about the project's provincial CFEP grant application, says co-organizer Bill Lough.

Football season might not start until September, but would-be Innisfail Cyclones can participate in an upcoming spring camp.

About 100 to 120 badminton players from around Mountain View County attended the Chinook's Edge South Athletic Association badminton tournament at the Ralph Klein Centre on Wednesday.

Local powerlifter Archie Ulry brought home a gold medal last week from the Canadian Powerlifting Championships in Calgary. He won gold in the 83 kilogram Master 2 division (50 to 60 years old) on Wednesday in the classic powerlifting category.

Andrea Williams of Innisfail decided to act on the disheartening news her close friends had received when told their third child of four, Sophia Jorja Marie Ricci was recently put on the waiting list for a double heart and lung transplant to treat he

It was all smiles for Jordan Kibermanis, 26, who was awarded with the Wendy Schmidt commemorative plaque last Tuesday afternoon at the Innisfail Bowling Lanes. Kibermanis is one of 14 athletes in the newly formed Innisfail Special Olympics chapter.

The Olds College athletic department handed out year-end awards last week for all of its sports teams. Lorelee Grattidge of the women's futsal team was named the female athlete of the year at the college with the top overall grade point average.

One local volunteer will be busy on the links this summer, volunteering for no less than four golf tournaments, including the U.S. Open in June.

Olds College administration is eagerly anticipating a decision on the institution's pending application for the volleyball, soccer and golf teams to join the Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference. The decision is expected in May.

A local company is making it possible for residents to use the climbing wall at École Innisfail Middle School.