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In Dayna Leonard's lifetime, the Olds Sportsplex has always been home ice. But not last week when the Olds Minor Hockey product returned on Nov. 4 as a visiting player to help the SAIT Trojans win their first game of the season.

INNISFAIL - Pickleball has come to Innsifail. The town recently introduced the new sport as part of its drop-in fall programming. "We play it once a week," said Kane Williams, recreation program coordinator with the Town of Innisfail.

When you discuss the type of legacy Chase Olsen wants to leave behind as captain of the Olds Grizzlys, it's about making sure the team remains every bit the team that was so attractive to him as a kid.

INNISFAIL - Innisfail Eagles blueliner Jason Nopper is helping his team find the back of the net early in the season. The 31-year-old defenceman is a four-year veteran with the Birds and has already racked up four points in four games.

The Innisfail Cyclones are no longer just champions. They are not even just defending champions. Today they can deservedly lay claim to the title of dynasty. Last Saturday afternoon, Nov.

DIDSBURY/CARSTAIRS – The Didsbury High (DHS) Dragons won in straight sets over Hugh Sutherland in junior varsity volleyball semifinal action on Nov. 1. DHS was able to win all five games over their rivals.

The Olds College women's soccer team ended its season at the Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference (ACAC) Championship last Friday, falling 3-2 to Grande Prairie Regional College (GPRC). GPRC would eventually reach the final, losing to NAIT.

Olds High School graduate Nicole Schultz finished her first season with the Medicine Hat College women's golf team last week; a year where she helped the team win ACAC (Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference) gold and qualify for the CCAA (Canadian Col

Hillie Van't Klooster has been named Female Age Group Athlete of the Year by the Alberta Triathlon Association. The Olds resident took the honour for women 41 and over.

INNISFAIL - They were younger. They were smaller. And they did not win a single game. But that was not the point. Each player on the U-12 Innisfail Hurricanes water polo girls and boys teams made up for it all with heart, and plenty of it.