Local Sports

The Olds College Broncos women’s volleyball team has added an infusion of experience ahead of the 2019-20 season.

DIDSBURY - The Mountain View Colts have another new head coach for the upcoming Heritage Junior B Hockey League (HJHL) season, their third in as many years.

The Olds Grizzlys lost a valued defenceman, although head coach Joe Murphy says it was expected and management is confident he can be replaced. Adam Kolcon of Pittsford, N.Y.

Former Olds resident and Grizzlys captain Chase Olsen has committed to playing for the University of Toronto (U of T) Varsity Blues this fall.

The Olds College Broncos women’s basketball team has looked to Manitoba for another piece in its 2019-20 puzzle. Combo guard Dani Earl of Winnipeg, Man.

Reid Williamson, Morgan McInnis, Cathy Spicer and Justin Butt are this year's Olds Golf Club champions. They won their respective divisions of the Olds Golf Club Championship held Aug. 17-18 and sponsored by Olds Concrete.

Olds Grizzlys head coach Joe Murphy expects to know more about what his roster will look like after a home-and-home exhibition series against the Calgary Canucks this Friday and Saturday, but already, he thinks his team has improved from last year.

If his first season is any indication of things to come, a young local cowboy’s rodeo career is shaping up to be particularly bright.

A local steer wrestler who came out on top during the recent rodeo in Didsbury is also the Foothills Cowboys Association’s (FCA) season leader.

DIDSBURY - About 25 riders participated in the Didsbury Ag Society's gymkhana event on Aug. 18 at the ag society grounds. The event was the second to last in the monthly series, which goes from May until September.