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Autumn has gotten off to a wet, coolish start, but Niels Slotboom, head coach of the Olds College men's and women's soccer teams is OK with that.

Last season, Fabian Gromenida emerged as a huge star — not only for the Olds College men's soccer team — but for the Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference (ACAC) as a whole.

The École Olds High School Spartans football team is a work in progress, but head coach George Grant remains optimistic. Once again, the Spartans are playing in the Big Sky Football Conference, along with the Drumheller Titans and Canmore Wolverines.

CARSTAIRS - The Town of Carstairs has purchased the Carstairs Community Golf Club at a cost of $700,000, say officials. The sale was approved by the club members at a meeting on Sept. 9.

As of last week, the Olds College Broncos women's soccer team was ranked sixth out of 15 teams in the Canadian Colleges Athletic Association (CCAA) national rankings. "We've done well so far.

The incredible story of Graysen Cameron of Olds continues. Cameron, 20, is one of 13 survivors of the horrific April 2018 crash involving a semi and a bus that killed 16 Humboldt Broncos players, staff and others and injured 13.