Local Sports

About 110 current and former Olds College students came together on Jan. 29 for the annual alumni rodeo at the college. The competitors tried their hands at events ranging from pole bending to women's cow riding and saddle bronc.

In three weeks a group of 18 dancers will be strutting their stuff on stage in Disneyland. Between 11 and 17 years old, the girls have been practising their half hour non-stop routine at Joy's School of Dance.

Half-way through the basketball season the Innisfail Cyclones teams are looking good on the court and in the league standings. "Both teams are doing well," said Jeff Anderson, athletics director and vice-principal at Innisfail Jr,/Sr. High.

The Olds High School senior boys basketball team was defeated 76-53 by the Canmore Collegiate High School Crusaders in the final of the Spartan Classic tournament hosted on the weekend at the Ralph Klein Centre.

The Olds Grizzlys split a pair of games last week in Alberta Junior Hockey League play against the Calgary Mustangs and Camrose Kodiaks. The Grizzlys lost 4-2 on Jan.

The Olds Midget Mustangs won two games and lost once in North Central Minor Hockey Association games last week. The wins came Thursday against the Red Deer Midget Kings Energy (9-3) and a 10-1 win against the Sundre Midgets Saturday.

The Olds Grizzlys' winning streak was stopped at seven games with a 3-2 shootout loss to the Camrose Kodiaks on Friday at the Edgeworth Centre in Camrose.

The result was never in doubt right from the opening tipoff at the Ralph Klein Centre on Wednesday as the Olds College junior varsity women's team was up 24-3 after the first 10 minutes of play.

The Olds College Broncos women's basketball team cruised to an easy 66-7 victory on Sunday over the Canadian University College Aurora, who have played just two games in the school's history thus far.

Lacrosse Local minor lacrosse players have the chance to learn from a pro with a condition camp starting next week and running until mid-March.