Local Sports

The Olds Grizzlys embarked on a new direction in the coaching department last week with the resignation of head coach Kevin Willison on Nov. 28.

The World Hockey Tour, a kickoff event to the 2012 IIHF World Junior Hockey Championship, will make a stop in Innisfail on Dec. 13.

Eagles sign a head Coach This weekend saw the Eagles face off at home on Friday night against the visiting Stony Plain Eagles, and then the boys travelled up the QEII to play their second and final game in Fort Saskatchewan for the year.

This past weekend saw the Eagles in action Friday night in Sylvan Lake against the Admirals, and then saw then venture up the QEII to Stony Plain to battle the rival Eagles.

The senior girls finished their season last weekend placing third in Central Alberta 3A zones hosted in Lacombe.

The Town of Olds will be grappling with how to fund depreciation of the town's assets in future years. The item was highlighted during a policies and priorities committee meeting on Nov.

Olds College announced the hiring of a new futsal and soccer coach last week that will help take the program to the Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference level in the coming year.

The Olds Grizzlys have now lost their last 10 games dating back to Oct. 26, including three losses last week to the Spruce Grove Saints (3-2), Calgary Mustangs (4-3 in a shootout) and a 5-2 loss on Saturday to the Grande Prairie Storm.

The men's, women's and junior varsity men's volleyball teams all fell in the quarter-finals at the Western Canadian College Open Volleyball Championships hosted at Olds College over the weekend.

Olds residents braved the minus-20 C weather to shop in town during Midnight Madness on Nov. 18. The event's numbers were up this year, said Leon Durand, owner of Rips Audio Video and member of the Uptowne Olds committee. “We had pretty good traffic.