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A Caribbean champion has joined the Olds College Broncos badminton team. Student-athlete Priyanna Ramdhani is from Georgetown, Guyana. She's studying sports management at Olds College. Ramdhani was asked why she chose to play for the Broncos.

All four École Olds High School (ÉOHS) volleyball teams have a good chance of doing really well this year — in league play and in zones, athletic director Jeff Clattenberg says.

DIDSBURY - After a solid university career, a local basketball player is heading to Spain to play professional ball there after signing a contract.

INNISFAIL – The Innisfail Cyclones 9-man high school football team won’t be repeating as Mountain View Conference champions this season. In fact, there won’t even be a regular season this fall. “(The season) doesn’t exist.

The Olds College Broncos badminton coaching staff has been busy over the last six months with retention and recruitment as the program reaches a state of stability that it hasn’t had in recent years.

Former Olds resident Danielle Lappage battled hard in the 68-kilogram class during the World Wrestling Championships last week but in the end, was unable to get past the quarter-finals. The championships were held Sept. 14-22 in Kazakhstan.

INNISFAIL – The Innisfail Cyclones 9-man high school football team won’t be repeating as Mountain View Conference champions this season.

The Olds College Broncos women’s soccer team defeated the Medicine Hat College Rattlers 1-0 in the faculty and staff appreciation game Sunday, Sept. 22 at Richardson Pioneer Field.

DIDSBURY - The Mountain View Colts opened their regular season with a win at home and a loss on the road. On Friday the Colts doubled up on Stettler 6-3 in their home opener. The following night the team fell 6-4 to the Coaldale Copperheads.