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The Olds Grizzlys moved into first place of the Alberta Junior Hockey League's south division after a 5-4 victory at home over the Canmore Eagles on Sept. 16.

With only four years of vaulting experience under her belt, 18-year-old Brooke Boyd of Olds placed the highest among Canadian pairs in the Pas-de-Deux competition at the 2014 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games.

Twenty-one points in under three minutes was all it took for the Olds High School Spartans football team to defeat the Lord Beaverbrook High School Lords on Sept. 11.

For the second time in a year, an Olds College Broncos men's soccer player has suffered a spinal injury -- this time in his hometown debut. Mike Price was injured Sept. 13 during a game at Normie Kwong Park against the Medicine Hat College Rattlers.

Head coach Macky Singh had nothing but praise for Amber Wolf, his rookie midfielder who made her Olds College Broncos home debut before her entire family at Normie Kwong Park on Sept. 13. "Amber's been fantastic," Singh said.

Bowden's West Central High School Rodeo Club was host to hundreds of high school cowboys and cowgirls during its annual High School Rodeo on the weekend of Aug. 30 to Sept. 1.

They ran, swam and biked their way to triathlon glory along the streets of Innisfail. More than 200 athletes competed individually, or as part of a team on bike, on foot and in the water on Sept.

A scout at a basketball camp in Olds says Alberta is the “sleeping giant” of the sport.

Olds golfer Wayne Ouellette, 56, says he and his son, Scott, 35, will likely play in the Alberta Men's Handicap Stableford Championship again next year, depending on where it's held.

Nearly 250 triathletes will soon be swimming, running and biking their way to triathlon glory through the streets of Innisfail.