Local Sports

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.

Kayaking enthusiasts who are waiting for winter to end might want to check out the Cottonwood Kayak Club's kayak polo tournament on Feb. 4. Julie Ramrattan of the club explained kayak polo is "kind of cross between soccer and basketball.

The Innisfail Bantam AA hockey team came away with a victory during an exhibition game against a bantam team from Denver, Colo. last Sunday.

Arriving in Bowden in 1998 from Montreal, Bowden's Don Stoesz immediately made a big difference to the Central Alberta community.

The Olds Grizzlys continued their winning ways last week, extending their season-high streak to six games with wins over the Calgary Mustangs (3-2), Canmore Eagles (4-1), and finishing off their season's home Saturday schedule with a 5-1 victory over

They will roar. They will hurray hard. And they will proudly compete in the 66th Annual Innisfail Farmers/Farmerettes Bonspiel. The annual classic will begin Saturday, Jan. 15 at the Innisfail Curling Club and conclude Friday, Jan. 20.

Two Mountain View County kids have lasting memories of Team Sweden's visit to Olds prior to Christmas. Team Sweden, which won the U-20 World Hockey Championship 1-0 over Russia on Thursday, practised in Olds from Dec.

The Sundre Junior men's curling team of Dylan Webster, left to right, Parker Konschuh, Jabob Ort and Mac Walton, and coach Ed Lengyel, got in some last-minute practice at the Sundre Curling Club on Saturday.

The Penhold Amazons were host to the 2012 All Star game for the Alberta Junior Female Hockey League Sunday. Representatives from 10 teams were out on the ice Jan. 8, divided into two teams ó the north and south division.

The Innisfail & District Historical Society is rolling out its first ever volunteer program in the agency's four-decade-old history.