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One can run like the wind while the other strikes a golf ball with the precision and confidence of a young Sandra Post – Canada's greatest female golfer.

The Olds High School Spartans blanked a short-handed Matthew Halton High School Mustangs team 48-0 in Alberta high school football play on Sept. 14 at Normie Kwong Park.

It wasn't pretty but the Innisfail Junior/Senior High Cyclones gladly took the win on Sept. 7.

The Olds College Broncos suffered through a tough weekend in Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference soccer play, losing all four games they played. The men were defeated 3-1 by the Red Deer College Kings on Sept. 15 on their home field while on Sept.

Members of the Olds High School cross-country running team were practising last week in preparation for the first meet of the season on Sept. 18 in Sundre.

Despite a pair of losses on the weekend, the young Olds Grizzlys gained some valuable experience in Alberta Junior Hockey League play. The team was defeated 5-3 on Sept.

Former Calgary Flame Lanny McDonald made an appearance at the annual Olds College Heritage Fall Golf Classic held in support of the school's athletics program on Sept. 11.

If spending a few hours in front of a television camera is what it takes to promote the sport of hydrofoil, then that is just what Jason Clouston will do.

The Penhold Amazons are going for gold. Although last season the team was sorrowfully beaten by the Fort Saskatchewan Furry in the final game, they aren't going to let that break their spirits and are playing for the championship title this year.

Three weeks in to the 2013-14 season, the Olds Grizzlys have found themselves in the Alberta Junior Hockey League's South Division basement after dropping five straight games.