Local Sports

The Olds Grizzlys are certainly not on life support anymore, as representatives of the new ownership group made a presentation to the Olds Sportsmen's Recreational Association (OSRA) at last night's annual general meeting, and announced that they hav

Both junior lacrosse teams are headed into their final week of regular season play leading their respective divisions in the Rocky Mountain Lacrosse League.

Local skater Ronan Seeley is one of only a handful of players from Olds to be drafted to the Western Hockey League since 2000, and his top 20 pick by the Everett Silvertips last month is likely a first.

The Olds Grizzlys are officially on the upcoming AJHL schedule, opening the 2017-2018 with three exhibition matches, followed by 60 regular season games, including 31 at home.

Last Monday, June 5, Olds High School held its annual awards assembly to honour student athletes and those participating in extracurricular activities.

Three Olds High School students collected a total of five medals at the 2017 Alberta Schools' Athletic Association track and field championships, held June 2ñ4 in Edmonton.

Four local hockey players have made the cut for Team Alberta's U-16 summer camps in Camrose in early July.

It was dust and mud and the roar of a Sunday crowd at the Olds Regional Exhibition grounds this weekend, as cowboys and -girls from around the province were centre stage at the Alberta High School Rodeo Association provincial championships.

More than a week after the Olds Grizzlys announced the purchase of the team by a group of local alumni and business people, details about the proposal are still vague.

Olds native and former NHLer Jay Rosehill has signed a one-year contract with the Manchester Storm in Britain's Elite Ice Hockey League for the 2017-18 season.