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The Peewee Phantoms started off the Spirit of the Sticks tournament with a bang and 11-year-old Hunter Sweet was feeling the rush. "It was amazing," he said, noting the team had only picked up a few victories all season. "It felt awesome.

The Olds High School Spartans soccer team finished the season on a high note, beating the Innisfail Junior-Senior High School Cyclones 2-0 in B-side playoffs on June 8 at Michener East Field in Lacombe.

Olds High School was able to capture two bronze medals at the senior track provincial competition in Calgary on June 7.

The Olds Stingers won a pair of games over the weekend, dumping the Lethbridge 'Cudas 12-8 and the Crowsnest Pass Ravens 14-11 in Rocky Mountain Lacrosse League tier three junior B action on June 8 and 9 respectively.

Contestants will compete for $240,000 worth of prizes at the 53rd annual Innisfail Professional Rodeo.

For years the Innisfail Golf Club has been designated as a certified Audubon Sanctuary for demonstrating a high degree of environmental quality.

Jessica Groeneveld is off to the races having scored a coveted spot on the inaugural elite Canadian kayak singles team.

The Innisfail Eagles' deck of cards has been shuffled as the team prepares to move into Senior AAA hockey play next year.

Although his team ultimately lost, Olds High School's Quade Smith made a huge play during the ABC Rising Star Border Bowl in Kelowna, B.C., on May 25. The bowl between Alberta and B.C.

Eight Olds High School athletes qualified for provincial competition at a zones track meet in Calgary on May 28.